Parafins July trip #2
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:51 pm
7/18. Had some rain in the morning followed by a rainbow. Left the cottage around 8:40 and headed for Oppenheimer Beach. This was my second visit to this beach, my wife's first. I had visited in June 2006. I thought my wife would enjoy this beach and boy she did!
These are her words "Loaded with palms, beautiful soft white sand, and vivid water color." As we snorkeled and enjoyed the warm water, my son Daniel claimed that he saw a spider in the water. My wife didn't believe him. But on a closer look she discovered that it was a small Brittle sea star. Cool!! Later, we walked the beach and met a lady named Mary Lou. She was staying at one of the Gibney cottages. As we talked she asked if we would like to see the interior. I couldn't resist! Wow what a nice place! I fell in love with it. As the beach began to fill up with people we decided to head for Francis. We snorkeled Francis and enjoyed watching the pelicans. After Francis we stopped in at Maho Camps and enjoyed views of Whistling Cay. Maho Camps has less that 5 years left on their lease! By this time my daughter had been in the sun too long so we headed back to our cottage for a break. After a little rest, we visited Cinnamon Bay and went to the far east end. There was no one there and we had some quality family time. Yes, I did snorkel there too. I saw 7 cuttle fish {reef squid} along with other interesting fish. By that point we called it a day. Back at the cottage we said hello to our 5 cats. {O.K. Samuels, cats.} The kids gave all of them names. Our supper was chichen tacos. The kids ate indoors and we ate outdoors by candlelight. 
I must add this, Patrice who is one of the owners of Samuel cottages gave us a refund for our time without electric! Wow was this lady ever so nice!! Parafins..
These are her words "Loaded with palms, beautiful soft white sand, and vivid water color." As we snorkeled and enjoyed the warm water, my son Daniel claimed that he saw a spider in the water. My wife didn't believe him. But on a closer look she discovered that it was a small Brittle sea star. Cool!! Later, we walked the beach and met a lady named Mary Lou. She was staying at one of the Gibney cottages. As we talked she asked if we would like to see the interior. I couldn't resist! Wow what a nice place! I fell in love with it. As the beach began to fill up with people we decided to head for Francis. We snorkeled Francis and enjoyed watching the pelicans. After Francis we stopped in at Maho Camps and enjoyed views of Whistling Cay. Maho Camps has less that 5 years left on their lease! By this time my daughter had been in the sun too long so we headed back to our cottage for a break. After a little rest, we visited Cinnamon Bay and went to the far east end. There was no one there and we had some quality family time. Yes, I did snorkel there too. I saw 7 cuttle fish {reef squid} along with other interesting fish. By that point we called it a day. Back at the cottage we said hello to our 5 cats. {O.K. Samuels, cats.} The kids gave all of them names. Our supper was chichen tacos. The kids ate indoors and we ate outdoors by candlelight. I must add this, Patrice who is one of the owners of Samuel cottages gave us a refund for our time without electric! Wow was this lady ever so nice!! Parafins..