MacKenzie looked just sick over spending a whole week running wild with other dogs in God's country, no? OK, no. Hush. I sure missed her for the rest of the day!
It took her about .4 seconds to make herself right at home. Typical. ;)
Grace and Kathi came up that evening and we celebrated Grace's, wait for it, 13th birthday. I'm sorry, wasn't she JUST turning 6 the other day?!
It took me ages to get all of those candles on the cookie cake. Ha! After a sad, dog-less walk we headed to bed because we had an early morning of leaving too early for the airport ahead of us.
I'm still marveling at Kathi and Grace fitting all of their goods for a WEEK into a roller board bag and a carry-on. Jackson and I had five total bags. I guess we intend to just stay. ;) Our flights went pretty well and we landed in Providenciales- Turks and Caicos Islands.
Being a British colony and all they drive on the opposite (note:not wrong, just different, per etiquette guides I read prior to the trip) side of the road. Watching Jackson get in on the passenger side to drive was really something. He was terrible and I feared for my life. I'm not kidding. Kathi, Grace and Susie got to ride with an experienced driver. Weenies. ;)
After only a few minutes (some of the longest, scariest minutes of my life), we arrived at our home for the week: a three bedroom condo on Grace Bay. Life is so hard sometimes. ;) I mean honestly. The view was just terrible. ;)
It was so bad that we decided to have dinner on the balcony. Ha!
The sunset was just amazing. I cannot believe how gorgeous it is here. I keep wanting to pinch myself! We retired pretty early after a walk on the beach as we were exhausted from a long day of travel.
We got up this morning and rolled out of bed to hit the beach in our front yard. Guys, I told you. Life. Is. So. Tough. ;) Snorkeling is the big thing to do here so we practiced in "our ocean" before heading to a corral reef.
Again, driving to the corral reef was an adventure. When we got there we discovered a few new gray hairs and a little white dog on the beach. Agh! I missed my puppy so much at that point.
Jackson brought borrowed snorkeling gear with him and we got Kathi and Grace sets for their birthdays this year. Those three went out diving first. Then K & G switched out with Susie and me. Jackson, a true PeteFISH, never left the water. He showed us around and we saw all kinds of fish. I got pretty far out into the ocean when two things occurred to me: I don't know how to swim well and SHARKS love corral reefs. It is amazing how quickly the second thought erased the first and propelled me back to shore. I had a mild (fine. Complete and total) meltdown when I cut my foot on corral and couldn't get back to shore as quickly as I wanted to. Jackson didn't help by leaving me to talk to another snorkeler. Grr. Anyway, I lived and only have a small wound on my foot to show for it (SHARKS can smell even the slightest amount of blood in the water!). I've never been happier to read a magazine in the beach. Ever.
Jackson and Susie did the initial grocery shopping yesterday while K, G and I went to the beach. They said they spent $170 on not much and I kind of brushed them off. Then we stopped in for a few more items on the (terrifying) drive home from the reef. Holy hades.
Oh, sure, $48 for a case of water? No problem. (Yes, that is in U.S. dollars!)
$10 for a 12-pack of Diet Coke? Gulp. It was the first time I missed home and our reasonably priced grocery stores. We survived and Susie's wallet got a lot lighter. :/ the girls were tired of the sun so Jackson and I hit "our" beach by ourselves. He decided that sneaking into Club Med down the beach was a great idea because then we could use all of their watercrafts. I'm always down for seeing foreign country's jails so I obliged. We made it in and selected an ocean kayak with the assistance of Jackson's new friend, Ronny. (Ronny worked for Club Med and either didn't know or didn't care that we weren't guest of that particular resort.) Listen, getting into a kayak in the ocean isn't easy. The waves don't stop just because you need to get in your kayak, the nerve. ;) After Ronny finished laughing at us trying to get in, he came over and got us on our way. It was SO fun! The waves made it like a thrill ride. I kept letting out yells of excitement because it was just so awesome. We returned our kayak and made a memorably bad dismount as a wave hit just as I was exiting and turned the boat over knocking Jackson into the water and his oar into my face. My pride hurt more than my face, no worries. ;) We plan to be Club Med residents for the rest of the week. ;)
This evening we decided to go to dinner at a restaurant down the beach from our place. It was fun to be able to walk along the ocean to get to the restaurant!
K & G enjoying the live music on the patio.
Jackson, Susie and Kathi exploring while we waited for our food.
Is my husband not the cutest guy ever? I know it. I love when he's "summer Jackson" which means tanned and relaxed. :)
Jackson tried friend conch. It was a bit chewy, but he liked it.
I had fish tacos with "rice with peas" on the side. The tacos were amazing, but my peas appeared to be black beans! (Susie, who got the same meal as I did, failed to notice this until she finished eating. Ha!!)
Grace and I even shared this glorious dessert. It was worth the diet cheat!!
We've heard from MacKenzie a few times. She's having fun with Madison, Macy and Addie in Upland. She's supposed to be using their electric fence but has been unfazed by the shocks she's been delivered thus far. Ha!!!
We were even able to FaceTime with my Mom last night and see MacKenzie's antics for ourselves. She's a funny little dog! :)
We aren't sure what the plan is for tomorrow. Whatever it is, I'm ok with it. We are loving the Turks!!!! :)
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