grand CAYMAN island

Our annual Davis family trip took us to the Grand Cayman this year. The Austin crew and the Boulder crew (minus Jeb who was overseeing their house remodel) met the Houston crew in Houston to all fly down together. We had man on man coverage (five kids, five adults) which makes everything easier. We were greeted at the airport by a momma and her baby chickens which was a lifesaver because we had a rental van to pickup, five car seats to install, and lots of bags to load into a van that had no cargo space. We were off like a herd of turtles...

For the rest of the week, we just sat in our beach chairs eating seafood and drinking pina coladas... Oh wait. Nope. Although we did whip up daiquiris and pina coladas most nights as a pre-dinner cocktail. We stayed at a cute, little house right on the beach and we cooked most of our meals there, eating dinner on the screened porch. Just off the porch was the pool where we took advantage of the afternoon shade most days. The mornings were spent exploring the island by foot and by snorkle. We all enjoyed a nearby beach called Rum Point that had very shallow calm water and good shade. We spent one day in the more commercial area of the island touring a turtle farm that has a water park area.

 

It was definitely the most successful family trip to date and we are all trying to figure out if we should go back and perfect it a bit more or keep searching for something better. This was our last year to enjoy complete scheduling freedom. From now on we will have to work around school schedules as Blue heads off to Kindergarten this fall!