Saturday, July 28, 2007

A visit from Katie's Parents

By Scott and Katie:

On Thursday, Russ and Gail stopped off in Cayman during their seven day cruise of the Caribbean. They got off the boat at around 7:15 in the morning and we met them in the harbor at the dock terminal. We drove first to our new place and showed them the condo. The owner was kind enough to let us in and show them everything. we are very excited about our pending move and counting the days to August 11th. From there we headed to Fosters and a true Scott and Katie breakfast buffet. A quick tour of the college followed and then out for a tour of the Island.

Our first stop was Beach Bay and some snorkeling. There were several schools of fish in the swim area and a couple of very large fish swimming around that we were able to follow. Scott's new prescription mask enabled him to really see everything and we bought a good mask for Katie and good snorkels and they are fast turning into the second best investment after our bikes that we have made.

From Beach Bay we drove east and then north. We stopped first briefly at Rum Point to look around and then headed over to Cayman Kai beach and a second round of snorkeling. There were tons more fish at Cayman Kai but a strong current and heavier waves meant we were exhausted by the time we got out of the water. We then drove over to Portofino in East End for lunch on their deck.

Russ and Gail had to be back to get on their boat by 2:45 so after a brief stop at the college to pick up some stuff we headed back to George Town and dropped them off at the terminal. The day went far too fast but it was great to see family.