Thu 25-Dec-2014 Belize, Travel |
Christmas day was both usual and unusual. Santa brought stockings for the little ones. We didn’t have our traditional Monkey Bread, but did have some cinnamon bread from a bakery in Belmopan. We...
Wed 24-Dec-2014 Belize, Travel |
David and I headed back to Belize City today to get Amanda who was coming in on the 4:00 flight. Having driven from Belize City to Hopkins in the dark on Sunday, no one in the rest of the family...
Tue 23-Dec-2014 Belize, Travel |
We decided that today was a hiking and climbing day. The Mayflower Bocawina NP is just a few miles north of Hopkins on the Southern Parkway. The drive in is through citrus groves and fallow land studded...
Mon 22-Dec-2014 Belize, Travel |
Today was a beach day. The beach here is absolutely beautiful. Coconut palms provide shade right to the water and Seagulls cottages provides a shelter with hammocks and Adirondak style chairs to...
Sun 21-Dec-2014 Belize, Travel |
We said goodbye to Pauline and Shaneika at Villa Boscardi and headed south to Hopkins. Hopkins is a smallish village right on the coast where we have rented 2 houses for our family of 12 — 6...
Sat 20-Dec-2014 Belize, Travel |
After a leisurely breakfast of eggs, pancakes and fruit and some fun conversation with a fellow guest from California, we headed north again to a bird sanctuary we had read about. It was that or...
Fri 19-Dec-2014 Belize |
Our trip to the Community Baboon Sanctuary was a real treat. I, Janet, had a few reservations as our hostesses at breakfast had spoken of how the handlers at the sanctuary made the baboons do lots of...
Thu 18-Dec-2014 Belize, Travel |
After traveling into Belize City to get Belize SIM cards for our phones and stopping at the grocery store for some lunch “stuff”, we drove the Old North Highway to Altun Ha, a Mayan ruin from...
Wed 17-Dec-2014 Belize, Texas, Travel |
Today was our travel day. David winterized Vanessa, we tossed any perishables we hadn’t eaten, and headed to Dallas Fort Worth airport. Vanessa is parked in a secure off-site parking area:...
Tue 16-Dec-2014 Texas, Travel |
Today we drove for a couple of hours to a lake just north of Dallas. The campground is pleasant enough and the price is right at $8.00 per night. It’s just a half-hour drive to the airport...
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