That’s what you hear when you start your tour of Sandals Emerald Bay on the island of Great Exuma in the Bahamas…”Welcome to Paradise.”
From my post last night, it took us going around our elbows and back again to get there, but it was majestic when we arrived. The sun was shining brightly, it was hot {and humid like the South}, but it was glorious.
They seriously have some of the most beautiful Bougainvillea I’ve ever seen. And it grows immensely!This is where we ate dinner the first night. Tidbits: Wear the OFF! provided in the room or else you’ll be eaten up by sand fleas….and, eat after the sun goes down…the flies like the food!
Sunrise the first morning. I woke up around 6:30 🙂 It was still 84 degrees out…
I almost forgot this one! It’s a collage photo from our night at the “French” restaurant…the food was AMAZING!!!
This is approximately where I got stuck on Monday on a paddle board…. We’d come way out {farther than we probably should have} and about the time we were ready to go back to shore, the winds/waves had shifted and I pretty much got pushed up against this cliff. It was awesome. Even more great was that apparently a shark {nurse} had been hanging out in this area. Thankfully {!!!} we didn’t see it, and we didn’t know it until a couple of days later. #holyheckhahahaha 😀
I don’t know what this is, but I would like one….the flowering vine. It is absolutely beautiful!
We had a fantastic time…see you soon {hopefully}, Exuma!!!
When we drove into Blue Ridge Saturday afternoon to check the restaurant situation, never did I dream that the shopping would be so wonderful! I took note of all the places I wanted to check out when we came back ‘to town’ on Monday and today I’m sharing some of those favorites with you! Disclaimer:…
Since this is part 1 of a 3-part series, I have to take y’all back in time just a wee bit. About a month ago {give or take a week or two}, Andrew let me know that as part of his wine class, he was going to have to go to a vineyard in NC…
I am just amazed at how fast this month went by! But thankful for all the memories we made this month! Here are a few of the things I/we did. Reading – I read through most the SRT study on Proverbs: The way of Wisdom, which was really fantastic. This study was more of some brief…
Still playing catch-up for the Blogtember Challenge! Friday’s post-prompt was: If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be? Why? This one was easy for me. There’s one place I have just been craving to visit and hope to in 2020… Italy. More specifically, the countryside. The vineyards. The places less traveled….
Saturday I posted about our little trip out to Gilbert, SC to the Peach Festival Gardens. At the end of our visit to this fun vintage and antiques-with-gardens locale, the owner told us about the Antique Tractor Show that was going on…just on up the road {don’t I sound so southern!}. Harmon’s Tree Farm was our destination….complete…
This has always been one of my favorite posts to write because it gives me the opportunity to go back and see all the things we have done in just a month! I often find myself thinking, “WOW! That seems like so long ago, and yet, it was just…two weeks ago.” ha. Okay so here…