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Had my first breakfast and say in there newly remodeled dining area. They had a few issues to work out a light bulb dropped from the chandelier and shouted at my feet. And the air conditioner vents above our table dropped rain dropped water on pus. I stayed with Jane in Theo as they showed up for breakfast late. Then we rushed back to the room Tupac and get ready for the big ride. The ride took us around the entirety and Nevis the volcano from every angle. Winston's mother was born and Nevis. And the South Shore facing Montserrat and activate volcano. Winston said an acquired are you can see Montserrat smoking. Growing up with a smoking volcano in the distance mast affect your personality.

Zeke Mom and I did the uphill. The rest of the group except Jane joined at the top of the hill. And enjoyed the seemingly twice as long ride down the hill.

We arrived back at The Four Season. Hit the fancy showers of the , including shaving and aftershave. Met up with a catamaran at the pier. It sailed us back to St Kitts.

Stopping for snorkeling in a small Bay protected from the winds across the shallows.

We enjoyed music and the boat and a special rendition of sexual healing when Sean needled his brother Brent to perform his favorite song. Brent was more than up for the challenge.

I followed a skate for some while and watched as it attempted to disappear into the sand, and would have completely disappeared had I not been following it.  Also enjoyed two stingrays and watching Zeke and Maeve dive below the surface.  Zeke chasing fish to try to touch them and Maeve perfecting her dolphin body swim. The bay was on the protected west side of the island. As we pulled up anchor and turned South we hit the choppy Waters. The guides and the Kids enjoyed dancing to the music and "surfing" the rough Waters on the hull of the catamaran.

We arrived at a bike Park Hyatt and goddess send off song from our Captain in one final Cork shall blow. I skipped the restaurant this evening.

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We met Julie and Ella, our backroads leaders, in our lobby.  We drove to the first hike a short 2 miles up and old sugar plantation finishing with this marvelous view over Kitts and its Airport. Jane had opted out halfway up the hill as it was a hot day and she was exhausted.  She had company. Ray the father of the other family had also opted out having back issues.

On the way back down the path, Zeke Theo and I lagged behind.  Had a little debate interpreting our map, and would have certainly gone the wrong way had I not known the exact point where Jane departed on the way up.

We stopped at Milliken Estates where we enjoyed a feast from Joan Napier who married into the Milliken family.  She spoke of the history of sugarcane in the area and the years of hurricanes her humble house had survived.  

We drove down to reggae beach where we got a charter boat.

It crossed the shallows from St Kitts to the Four Seasons on Nevis where we were received with drinks and Cooling towels and settled into our rooms.

We dined at bananas that evening a restaurant up in the hills that started as a food cart or at least that's what Ella told me. I happened to bump into the owner that evening and remark about her humble starts to which she replied it most certainly did not start as a food cart. I suspect her offense was mostly theater sounding even more convincing in her Brit accent.  But I did have to apologize. I enjoyed getting to meet her and comparing her northern Britain accent to a friend she was speaking with from southern Britain.  I complimented her on her impressive restaurant, to which she humbly replied that she thinks perhaps she's outgrown her optimal size.  Very easy conversation.  Soon though Julie found me and pointed out that everyone else was in the van ready to depart.

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We had a full day at Marriot on St Kitts.  I haven't booked our second week yet, but think the kids will want to come back here.  They really enjoyed the multiple pools and downtime.

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We committed very late to an opportunity to get all of our kids together for a vacation.  Guessing this may be one of our last chance to sabbatical with all the kids.  We picked a placed in the Caribbean that Backroads, our France tour group, operated.  St Kitts and Nevis our 2018/2019 sabbatical destination.We spent a FULL day getting here, despite its close Caribbean proximity.  Mostly because we did not buy our flights early enough and I refused to pay sky high premiums for a one-stop flight.  We laid over in Charlotte and Miami and arrived around 11 pm at our hotel.  Here's the crew waiting in Miami... Zeke trying to catch a few winks.

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