Bequia, Part 2

Stella spent some quality time with our friends.

One of many lizards and geckos around.

In Port Elizabeth.

Another rotie (lobster, this time):

This sidewalk ("Belmont Walkway") was a great place to get splashed.

Marcia made a great chowder with the leftover barracuda.

Quality time:

Stella, if you ever see this - I apologize for letting someone do this to your hair.

A parrot at the scuba place that Andy went to.

What we did while waiting for him...

Back at home, in Friendship Bay.

Bequia, Part 1

We just got back (with our friends Andy & Marcia) from 8 days in Bequia, part of St-Vincent and the Grenadines (aka SVG) in the Eastern Caribbean. It was beautiful, very relaxing. On some days I didn't even bother to put on sandals!

Julia, peeking out the window of the Twin Otter than took us from Barbados to Bequia. The PT6's did fine.

The view on the inside. The noise and vibration made this one-hour flight pretty exhausting.

The taxi ride to our villa.

The view from the beach, around sunset.

Our little place on the beach.... :)

Julia playing with a cricket.

Our place is the lower one with the green roof.

Some fish rotie. Very tasty.

We took several walks in Port Elizabeth. The bus ride took 10 minutes and cost fifty cents, and was one the most fun things we did. Everyone was so friendly, even though the buses (actually minivans) would cram in 20+ people in them.

Relaxing, back at home.

Stella took a few dips in the ocean. It reminded me of her sister when she was the same age.

Mama and daughter.

Stella sitting on my lap. Taken with a lens older than me.

We bought a 14 pound barracuda from some fishermen next door. It was excellent and lasted for several days.

Julia.

Hockey!

Julia got to try out skating this morning, courtesy of UConn hockey. She had a great time and now she wants to sign up for a session.

Here is her first minute on skates, helped by a volunteer:

He was very patient...

Now she is being escorted back to the gate, looking a little anxious.

Volunteer #2, Doug, was also very helpful.

Julia is the one being dragged on a sled.

Now Erica was helping.

At the very end, she'd had enough, but she was able to skate quite a bit with no help.

PS: she needs another hockey jersey...

We miss Barkly

I was recently reminded of Barkly. He used to love to sit by the gate in our back yard, and just watch the road, for hours. The othe day, I walked over and found Julia sitting on the gate, watching the road. I contemplated asking her to get off, but decided to get the camera instead.



Last week, we had a couple of really warm sunny days, perfect for drying some laundry and playing out in the sun: