hey guys, i'll be there too! my sister and BIL are coming for the first time, hope they love it as much as we do. i got new camera too, my D10 flooded last year, but i really liked it for the several years it lasted, and i got reimbursed with xtended warranty :). i decided to get another D10 and war...

thanks exitzero. the umbrella was closed and i didn't know it would blow over, now i know better for next time

we got here on friday. this is my first tropical storm! we are still having fun, spent most of sunday riding the waves on hawknest in the wind and rain. loved it! slept great with the sound of the rain on the roof. but irene flipped the picnic table and made a mess of the pool. https://lh4.googleuse...

oink!

thanks guys, i knew you'd know what it was.

augie, i thought it was a sand diver too, even tried to startle some wings out of the next sand diver i saw.

ok, what is this 4" fish with butterfly wings? found it close to the beach at francis. http://lh5.ggpht.com/_h5GF4bXUQDc/TFyeM6ZFuJI/AAAAAAAACtY/TkuABzp3VH4/s640/Saturday%200731%20053.jpg http://lh6.ggpht.com/_h5GF4bXUQDc/TFyeM_JaMeI/AAAAAAAACtY/uwMUMkZPbhg/s640/Saturday%200731%20050.jpg very w...

Thursday July 29 In seconds, the sky turned black and we were in the middle of a serious tropical downpour. We put our masks on to avoid splash back and sat in the water as it poured on us. Naturally, the kids all thought this was TOTALLY AWESOME and used the rain as an excuse to stay in the water ...

hey toni! it was nice to meet you at the bb gathering. nice reports, glad you got some sun. looking forward to the rest. we picked genips too, at francis, but used a different approach, poor girl, lol! i was so worried the kids were gonna choke on those slippery marble sized seeds, then my son accid...

lol djmom, my son loves those nets too, didn't catch anythng on stj either, but caught bunches in the surf at emerald isle.

pip, don't kids ask the funniest things? last week he asked me
"mama are we on the top of the earth or the bottom?"
"ask your daddy."

well thats more like it!

what about the next one coming? what are the chances that 2 in a row will stay over the islands for a whole week? probably not right? 2 or 3 days maybe, but not the whole week, pretty please?!?!

i'm liking your reports! that's nice you got to go around waterlemon with your kids. i'm dying to go, last year it was too choppy. this year we are going during the new moon when the currents are supposed to be strongest, so i'll have to see if its too bad. fingers crossed.

nice pics, that stingray city is on my wishlist for someday. are they slimey?

if you're going to be there on Sunday 7/25, come meet up with us at the Beach Bar Gathering around 5pm!

we stopped at the NPS visitor center and got a nice free non-cartoon map. the map is very clear with roads, trails, beaches, bays, reefs. nice for driving. the other side has fish/creature info. but the cartoon map from the dock was great for going around cruz bay.

have fun!
shelli

that was awesome!!! we are staying in the very east end in a few weeks, but i've only driven out as far as Vie's, so it was nice to go a little further in the video. i've been thinking about trying to make some jeep videos, how did you hold it so steady? maybe i could duct tape our vid cam to the da...