Some claim I'm always on vacation. Do you see the words laundry, cooking, cleaning, washing dishes, scrubbing decks, scrubbing and or painting hulls anywhere in the definition? The answer is no.
Last year Gerry gifted me a vacation which we are now taking at an all inclusive resort 10 minutes away. Some how he missed the part that it was to be somewhere I haven't been , i.e., another country. Oh well.
So here we are, checked in yesterday and until this afternoon we hadn't done too much. At 3:07 we checked out a Hobie cat and when they asked if we knew what we were doing, we nodded our heads, Gerry signed the waiver and we took off. Things went well at first, we were just whizzing over the water, which was much warmer than the air as the winds were around 28 km and a bit chilly when you're wet. We got jibing down pretty good, tacking didn't work, but suddenly there was a gust and a big wave and we turtled! There's a float on top so she came back up, Gerry climbed on a hull, I leaned on the bow and up she popped. We hoped nobody noticed. We were off again, Captain Gerry announced we've got it now and once again we were soon in the drink! This time an instructor out with students noticed and came over to see if we were OK. I told him we were having way too much fun and he took off. Our time was up by this time so Gerry didn't have a third opportunity to dump me in the ocean. The guy handing out the equipment didn't notice that we had torn the sail and tangled the main sheet and he sent the boat right back out again. That's how we do it in the Bahamas. I mentioned to Gerry, too bad we didn't have a camera and he said, that's OK we'll do it again tomorrow. Right.
Fortunately (depending on your point of view) it was too windy for Hobie cats so we spent the next few days just relaxing and spending time with a lovely couple from New Jersey, Al and Daria. Good company and if we're ever in New Jersey we will definitely drop in on them. Yes, we have been invited.
We attended every show the staff put on but unfortunately they didn't get any better. Not entirely their fault, they are in charge of various activities during the day and are not professional entertainers. At least I hope they're not. The common areas were all quite nice but the rooms need a bit TLC. Some walkway bricks and outdoor lighting are broken or entirely missing, food was OK, some desserts really good. All the staff were friendly and accommodating. They do have one thing that other resorts don't - a trapeze. You can swing and hang upside down, we didn't. There was supposed to be some sort of trapeze show but we didn't see it, if it happened.
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| view from our room |
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| Poured one day but we got a rainbow |
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