Thursday, March 10, 2011

Day 12 or was it 13? I'm not sure.. but does it really matter.....

Internet access is sporadic here.  It depends on how the wind is blowing.  The past few mornings we didn't have access.  We do right now, so I am going to take advantage and catch up.


Vacations have a purpose, to relax, rejuvenate and to give respite to the hectic pace, crazy worries and stresses of life..  Yesterday (day 12 or 13) we realized this is a successful vacation.   It came to us as we were sitting on the beautiful beach, Playa Tamarindo, on a lost island in the Caribbean discussing how truly beautiful the plumage of the chickens and  the rosters we were watching was.  They were all around.  The four of us found these birds to be remarkable.  The hilarity of the situation hit when Tracy proclaimed that he has been to the NYS Fair and hasn't see any as beautiful there, we were seriously discussing the beauty of chickens that were on the beach with us.  Here are the beautiful birds...





The Birds on Playa Tamarindo

The biggest upset to our day was when a jeep pulled up and 2 people got out.  Now with 7 people on the beach, counting the 4 of us,  it started to feel a bit crowded.  I think we have successfully escaped reality......

A few days earlier, Kosti and I found glass beach.  We are not going to give you the location, because apparently no one knows about it and we want it to stay a secret.  In fact we may call it "secret beach". We've been asking where to find sea glass and have been told there really aren't any good places.  When we were there, no one else was on the beach, and the glass there is better than the glass at Glass Beach on Vieques.... and the glass is good there!

The day before yesterday, we went down to Dewey, had breakfast, (egg & cheese sandwich), and then headed down to our Secret Beach... Picked up lots of beautiful glass. After picking up all the treasures we could possibly want, we headed out to Playa Melones.  Another beautiful beach.....



The really interesting thing about this beautiful beach, as well as a number of others we have spent time on, is that at each location there are signs informing you that it is a "Wildlife Preserve" and you are not to disturb anything.  The last thing the sign points out is, if you are snorkeling and see something like this...


 Stay away, it's an undetonated bomb.  Haven't seen any of those creatures yet!

After our beautiful day on Playa Melones, we decided to spent time exploring roads we have not yet been on. Consider the following: This is a very hilly island.  The roads are for two way traffic. They are only wide enough to fit one car at a time.   Tracy is fearless.  He is driving.

As always we saw some interesting sights.  An 18 wheeler tractor trailer box turned into a house on the side of the road (a cliff actually).  Million dollar homes. Beautiful expansive views of the island, the beaches and the Caribbean.  Then it happens...The road ends,  we have no where to go.  We can't go forward.  We can't turn around.   One side of the road is a higher hill, the other a cliff. I warned Tracy if he planned on backing up down this hilly single lane cliff road, I was getting out and walking....
He did it....started to back up, so....

They thought it was funny....
He made it to a point where he could turn around.  My heart is still pumping,  if I were prone to heart attacks, that would have been the time.

Right now, I want to share with you all that Kosti, as he is figuring out what to make for us for breakfast, pointed out the contents of our freezer...
Our breakfast choices, Rum, Scotch, ice or Ice Cream Cones..

The boys have gone with cereal.... Tracy is working on his next BIG IDEA, and I'm gonna go have my coffee sitting and enjoying the view, the birds, the boys, and the sun

There are other things that have gone on here that have not been included in this blog.  We thought it would be more fun for us to tell you in person! And somethings we may never tell you!  So ask us when you see us!

I miss my pupper, but watched a little dog on the beach dig up a crab and then run into the water trying to catch it!             Until the next time the wind blows the right way!    
                                                                                                                Janet

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