Thursday, June 30, 2011

St Maarten mon

My children are great travellers ... and good thing they are or I suspect Mike would be taking us nowhere!  =-)  Olivia loves everything about flying.  Watching for the planes to take off, to land, the attendents, the tray tables, the views, did i mention the tray tables?  (apologies to those that sat in front of us)  hehe.

We flew from Raleigh to Miami and then down to St. Maarten!


Gavin is excited to go on vacation!


A little goofy Daddy time in the hotel to rest up for ...


The Beach!


Views from our room.



Outdoor barbacue at the poolside restaurant.



The heck with hair gel, sunblock is great for mohawks.



We ate most of our meals at the hotel but we couldn't resist trying the new Hard Rock Cafe that just opened.  Mike added a beer glass to his HRC collection which almost made up for their broken A/C.


I can not even think about how hot this woman must have been selling her wares in the sun.  She needs a kiosk.

One of the day trips we took was to the French side of the island where we took a small ferry to Pinel Island.  It is an island so small it only takes minutes to walk from one side of it to the other but look at this gorgeous water.  There are a few bar/restaurants and each has a section of waterfront where they rent chairs/umbrellas and bring you drinks.  It was wonderful.  The water was shallow and clear without any waves to contend with.














Olivia is still talking about her friend Jean Carlo.




Olivia and Patricia relaxing in the lobby.


View from the lobby.




Leaving was hard to do.  Sylma seeing us off completed our trip.






This last picture is obviously from here at home.  I joked with Lynn that we'd be coming home with a "crawler" so I had to post this one.  He's not actually crawling yet but it won't be long.

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