Saving the Best for Last!

Port 4 - Grand Turk Island, Turks & Caicos

By far our favorite port of call was Grand Turk Island because we did the Snorkle & Stingrays excursion.

Before heading out, we walked up and down the main beach front of Grand Turk.

It was a conch shell mecca!

The snorkle & stingray excursion started with a boat ride (that we didn't have to paddle ourselves) to Stingray Bay. Our guides rounded up two or three stingrays for us to hold, kiss (seriously?), and get a back massage from.

Then we got back on the boat to head to some deeper waters to snorkle. Our guides actually chummed the water to attract fish of all sizes and colors. It was incredible!!

It was all good until I saw the shark (YES! Shark!) and then I QUICKLY swam back to the boat with Cara. Bryan and Jordyn stayed in the water (apparently unfazed by said shark) and had about 10 more minutes of snorkling.

The water here was much clearer than in St. Thomas and we had quite the adventure!!

Beautiful San Juan, Puerto Rico

Port 3 - San Juan, PR

Getting ready for our expedition

Puerto Rico is SO colorful! It seemed like no two houses were the same color.

 

El Morro was an awesome tour. So many cool things to see...

The blue cobblestone of Old San Juan was gorgeous!

The burial place of Juan Ponce DeLeon is San Juan. Who knew?

Hands down THE best Pina Colada in the universe!

St. Thomas Kayak Adventures

Port 2 - St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 

Our group of kayakers. We did the kayak/snorkle trip through the Mangrove Lagoon.

Taking a break and doing hermit crab races. Pretty sure mom won! The floor of the forest was literally crawling with hermit crabs. It was somewhat creepy!

Bryan & Mom

Dad & I

Cara & Thomas

 

Our Eastern Caribbean Cruise

My parents took us on a week-long cruise in June of 2014. We left from Fort Lauderdale after catching two flights to get to Florida.

First Stop: The Bahamas - Princess Cay Island



Had to ride the tender boat over to the island... I guess that's what you do when the water is too shallow to dock.

Love this picture of my little family!

Jordyn making friends and playing in the water all day is par for the course.

Dad & I

 

Matchy-matchy bracelets for the girls!