A little more “vacay”

This is a continuation of our summer vacation report. See part one here.

Week two of the Cayman trip featured even more rest and relaxation. This post finds us alone for a few days after KK & Grandpa Jim headed north. There was pool time, beach time, sunsets and naps. Now that I think about it, the most exciting thing we did was go to Foster’s (the local grocery store chain) one night. We were surprised to find that it was a popular hangout place on a Wednesday night.
Nana & Pop arrived on Friday night and Andrea & I were particularly glad to have some help with the morning shift. Thanks Pop! Nana usually likes to get up at 6 or 7AM and make breakfast for the family. But this trip was very different and Pop got up with the boys. If you know anything about Nana, then you know the last couple of sentences were a complete fabrication.

Sunday was probably the highlight of the trip for the adults. Four of us grabbed some lunch at Morgan’s Harbour (minus Nana & Mason) and then Andrea & I jumped on a boat to go scuba diving. First we headed out to Eagle Ray Pass to do a wall dive. There were a bunch of eagle rays and a typically spectacular tour of the corral. We did the dive with our Cayman neighbors, Esther & Julian, of Cayman Dive Shuttle. Then we took a scenic boat ride around to the West Bay. It was a great way to see the island from a different vantage point. A quick stop at a dock to pick up Stud boy & Pop, and then over to the ex-USS Kittiwake.
The Kittiwake was a US submarine rescue vessel that was built in the ‘40’s and was sunk in Cayman in January of this year. I think I’ll post more details about it later, but most importantly for me, this was my first wreck dive. Since it’s a new wreck everything was in great shape. It’s a relatively shallow dive, about 60’ to the bottom and we were able to spend a good amount of time down there.

Not much else to report beyond that, and we all enjoyed a nice, relaxing trip. Andrea & the kids got to stick around for another week but it was back to the office for me. There are some pics below and then more at Picasa in the August folder.

enjoying the fountain @ Camana Bay