Barbados

So, a day or so after our Halloween party, Mike and I got to go to Barbados. He did the whole trip on trade, we used flyer miles to get there, and we usually only ate two meals a day. So it wasn't really expensive, and we relaxed A LOT! It is a beautiful place. I had to look up where it was before we left-it is the farthermost eastern island in the Carribean. The water is the bluest, clearest I have ever seen. This picture is the view from our hotel on our last night there.

We rented a car for 3 days--had two flat tires (lots of pot holes), got lost several times, but we saw more of the island that way. It is about 14 miles across and 19 miles long, so there wasn't too far to get lost in. But they have no really visable road signs and lots of "roundabouts", narrow roads, and they drive on the left side of the road. We kept finding ourselves in the middle of sugar cane fields. The people were very friendly and helpful. Our hotel was right on the ocean, so we had a great view, but the beach was "under construction" so we went to a "sister hotel" to do the ocean thing. My favorite activity was going on a glass bottom boat and then swimming with the ocean turtles. I contributed 13 times to the blood bank of the local mosquitos-but I came home with 13 free (itchy) souvineers. Mike enjoyed the Harbor cruise dinner boat. We had no major agenda, so it was a laid back fun time.

**Just a note on the pictures. I got the pictures loaded onto my computer. (Yeah for me!) Then when I was doing the blog and I went to find them, they only had numbers to retrieve them. So I had to find the picture in my camera, count back or forward and try to find the one I want. Needless to say, it was not entirely successful. But you got to see more of Barbados than I had planned. I don't know how to delete the ones I didn't want, but I am sure that one of my computer techy children will soon advise me on how to do this. Then I can straighten out this here blog. They ( the techy children) may also wish to advise me on how to retrieve the pictures better, too.