We had 4 nights stay at Tranquility Bay. It’s been a great stay.
View from our front porch.
Kids goofing on the couch.
Theo and I built this stupendous sand castle.
The kids were surprised by Cesar’s rainbow drinks.
Couldn’t resist this cute shot caught during a game of ‘freeze freeze American cheese’.
Zeke created this awesome shot where the crystal clear waters of Belize meet clear skies.
Underwater shot of Zeke
Kate and Jane snorkeling
A 6’ ray (manta?). Smaller than the one that startled Kate in the shallows.
Lionfish. An invasive species introduced in Miami area in mid-80’s. Now found in all areas of the Caribbean.
Me rowing into shore.
Highlights from each of the kids
Maeve: Chulupa the one eyed wonder dog, Mr, Mrs and Baby Crabby Pants in their custom built sand crab castle, swimming with the manatee, Playing with Sonia from Pasadena, the beautiful butt dance, Mom getting scared by a giant ray
Theo: Skipping Woboba ball, Sand in my pants dance, Urinal attack at the restaurant, Coastal Shrimp kabob, Cormorant chasing fish underwater like an otter, throwing coconut fronds on a ginormous fire, breaking coconuts without a knife and enjoying the meat,
Jane: Reading in a hammock, Ocean Kayaking, Helping dad see the lionfish on our first snorkeling outing, Discovering the manatee (contention with Zeke), Winning the first official Iota match, Losing a card between the boards on the dock
Zeke: Discovering the manatee, Lionfish, Scaring a complete stranger to the point of profanity, Mangorita drink,
Mom: Complete isolated simplicity of the setting, Seeing kids play with local kids and Pasadena kids, Maeve’s crab family, the mosquito massacre on the 2nd floor, snorkeling with the kids, being saved by the kids in a kayak after being surprised by a 10’ ray, cocktails with every meal, lobster meal on the beach, Happening upon the next book club book and nearly finishing it in a day, the Conch Christmas tree, the memorable walk up garbage beach where we found digging tools for the kids, Sinking the Woboba ball into the bucket in a single shot (while Zeke and I took hundreds of attempts), WI flag in aquarium bar restaurant, Playing Spite and Malice with Theo at the dock bar,
Dad: Watching the Cormorant chase fish and eventually catch and swallow one, Enjoying our kids enjoy each other, Going to blog in the hammock and just closing the computer and surrendering to 10 minutes of the sounds and sights but then getting restless and needing to push off the sand and at least sway the hammock (Theo did the EXACT same thing the next day), Sitting in the hammock with Jane discussing religion, Kayaking out to the scuba diving float and listening to the now distant waves crashing on the beach, Building a sandcastle with Theo, Running sprints on the beach and having my calf feel great, The still surface of the water the last evening I went out snorkeling and the underwater color of the evening sky, the manatee, Surrounded by large fish…
Snorkeling shots
Manatee
sounds like a fabulous vacation, lucky you!! Kate must have planned it :-)
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