During the school vacation week we hosted our daughter Steph, son-in-law Byron and granddaughters Josie (6) and Sophie (3) from Bowdoin, Maine.
Feb. 18: Quiet time in the morning coloring sea creatures to let her parents sleep in.
First adventure was to anchor in Tiloo Pond for a contrived treasure hunt that Bob and I set up the week before. A “pirate” ship conveniently anchored a short distance away.
While looking for turtles (which they found) Byron and Josie discovered a bottle with a message in it.
Josie studying the treasure map found inside the bottle.
Off to find the buried treasure…
Josie followed the instructions and dug up the booty under roots that formed an “X.”
A small treasure of coins!
Feb. 19: At lunch at Cap’n Jack’s in Hope Town.
Up from a fun walk on the ocean side beach.
Busy bee.
Bob contemplates working at the local clinic.
Off to Tahiti Beach for the late afternoon. Decisions, decisions…
Extreme low tide allowed for long walks in ankle deep water.
Feb. 20: Another trip into Hope Town via golf cart. We stopped to post a mileage sign.
Only 1,271 miles to Bowdoin, Maine.
On the Ferry Dock.
And then an ice cream stop on the way back to the marina before departing for Guana Cay.
In the pool at colorful Nippers.
With even more fun on the ocean side beach.
Feb. 21: Heading in to Treasure Cay.
Sophie at the Coco Beach restaurant.
Josie and Sophie posing at the photo op sign.
Endless fun on the endless beach.
Steph and me.
Looking at the beach from a different point of view!
And more fun.
Feb. 22: Mural on the way to the ladies room.
Lots of eagle rays in the creek near the marina.
Our first rainy afternoon. No problem, the kids went swimming anyway while Steph and Byron watched them from the conveniently located adjacent pool bar.
The sun came back out, so back to the beach they went.
Rainbow shots.
Beach signage by Josie, Steph and me.
Sea star discovery.
Josie releasing the sea star back to the sea.
One more search for sea creatures.
Feb. 23: Back to Marsh Harbour. Took the kids over to Mermaid Beach.
Sophie busied herself collecting coconuts.
Sounding the conch horn at sunset on the last night with the kids.
Feb. 24: Packing up.
The girls at the helm.
Waiting for the cab….
And away they go! The week went by too fast!!! Next up: Bob and I travel home to Altamont for a week to catch up on visiting our daughter Jess and family, doctors appointments and taxes – oh my!
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Looks like such a fun week with Josie and Sophie. They are so adorable. Put a big smile on my face just seeing those pictures. You really made it an adventure for them 🙂
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Thanks and hopefully they’ll remember this trip for a long time. Won’t be too long before you and your granddaughter are having adventures!
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Beautiful pictures, your girls are so cute and are enjoying the sun and strand. Love you all. Best regards, from Icy Iceland Linda og Gunnar😎😘
On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 5:26 PM, Islandia Grabo’s Blog wrote:
> islandiagrabo posted: ” During the school vacation week we hosted our > daughter Steph, son-in-law Byron and granddaughters Josie (6) and Sophie > (3) from Bowdoin, Maine. Feb. 18: Quiet time in the morning coloring sea > creatures to let her parents sleep in. First adv” >
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Thanks! It was really a wonderful week. Now they are back in icy Maine! Love, Diane
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Your whole family is so gorgeous and photogenic! What a beautiful collection of memories and so wonderfully digitally captured!! I see a phenomenal collage of framed pictures on a wall already! Love the star fish in Josie’s hands. Those two shots would be great for her to take to school! So glad you all had fun and thanks for sharing it with us!
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