Katie and I are in Orlando tonight at the hotel which has free Internet access. We flew up to Tampa today and after a bank run drove over to Orlando where this evening we have been running errands and picking up items that are too expensive on the Island. Tomorrow is another day of shopping, errands and some fun with family. We are planning on doing Epcot Sunday and then I head home Monday while Katie stays for her conference the rest for the week.
We found out something fascinating about Cayman today that we didn't know. Camping is illegal on the Island year round except for three days, Good Friday through Easter Sunday when many of the Island residents camp out on the beach. Many people asked us if we were going camping and there were ads in the paper for camping supplies. Today we asked our neighbor Randy why the camping at this time of year and he related that it is a throw back to the era of slavery when the plantation owners would let their slaves free for the Easter weekend and the slaves would go down to the beach and camp with their families. There were very few slaves on Cayman which did not have many plantations but the tradition has now come down through the years and many Caymanians will be out on the beach the next two nights.
The quarter is over and this vacation and trip away could not have come at a better time.
