Saturday, July 10, 2010

Ending on a high note is key (cay).


It started innocently enough, with Dawn proclaiming that all she needed was more rum.....

Christine exclaiming that she needed all the water and that it's too hot and to call her Chris.

And we were off to Laughing Bird Cay on our first full day together. Nice view, huh?

So Dawn was a good sport and used the melted ice out of the beer cooler to rinse her hair!


And then we forgot to take pictures during our fast, dark drive back to base, we were a bit busy saving a heart victim's life. All of us helped a great deal, and our reward was that "those guys" decided against coming back out with us.

Heave Steve, let's get outta here.

Shakin' off the funk by doin' the Trimmer! I've never seen that shade of sunburnt before.


Dinner at Polly's was nice, we got to dress up a bit. What is that smell?

The beaches, sunsets and attitudes got better as the week progressed.

Jimmy and Klovers got some great scuba dives in. It fact we all were scuba divers this week, which was awesome. Jimmy was my hero when he dove for the mooring pin off Frank's Cay. When we told Polly about it a couple of weeks later, she was very impressed he found it on his own. Lindsay and Klovers brought the mooring line back up after the dive. Way to go gang!

Apparently, this group loved their happy hour. Aren't you guys ready for a shower yet, dinner's almost ready!

Lindsay and I are so happy that you guys turned out to be our last charter with Tradewinds. We definitely ended on a high note. I'm glad the dog liked our leftover pork. Sorry you lost your undies, Jimmy! Peter made me pay for that bottle of rum, by the way! Hahaha!

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

It happens out there, well, just the once.

This was a really fun and HOT week. We all spent lots of time in the water either under the boat...

Or snorkeling like John and Janine did. We also managed to take four different scuba dives!

We went looking for whale sharks with our friend Polly, "Y0 ho, blow the man down..."

Then drinking and being silly. What did you just do John?

Steve tried to convince me that the Hermit Crab mother ship was coming to take me captive and torture me for my underwater crab racing technique.








No tan lines on Kendall or Janine this week.
Lindsay on the other hand, needs her fair skin covered from the sun, so the suit stays on....sorry Tadd.

I'm not sure how Lindsay and I survived this week, but I'm glad we did. We look forward to spending time with John and Janine, and Steve and Kendall again. Sometime soon we hope!

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Lots of Fun in The Sea and Sun and Rising Temperatures

April was a busy month, with lots of fun trips around the Cayes... we met lots of cool people and managed to survive the evermore blistering temperatures and intense spring sun of Belize


Tadd was on a roll and started catching a bunch of fish



Yummmy!!!! Well this wasn't actually the same fish... Polly at Reef Conservation International served us up some amazing barbecued snapper.



Jaguar Escobarrrrr, Tadd's latino alter ego, enjoys a cocktail on the back steps of Stess



Our crew put up a good fight but they are no match at volleyball against the locals on Hunting Caye



An amazing pic of a cow fish... they're so funny!



Jaguar Escobar goes fishing... actually this is a copy of a picture in the TradeWinds info book we have on board the boat... too funny



ooops!



I tried out some dinghy slinging... but I hadn't realized Tadd had lengthened the line..... wooooooooooooow!!!



And John was a natural at kayak surfing



In typical Mike fashion, Mike was king for the day!!



which John & Julie didn't mind at all



After all it did seem he was king of the birds! A passing visitor to the boat.



And Tadd got his moment too!



All in all a fun crowd - Mike, Mickey, Tadd, John & Julie



Stess looking cool as ever


Chris, Don, Tadd, Lisa, Marie, Me, Juana & Richard...

and so many other fund groups that we don't seem to have photos from....


What a great month!!