Friday, April 10, 2009

St Maarten

Hopefully you all checked out the great wedding pics! Since I posted last, Mandi has posted even more, so you might want to go check out her blog again! We spent day 7 on the island of St. Maarten. We had a fun filled day here and got lots of sun! Well, once the clouds broke anyway...
We got a taxi/van (this time just a boring van) for the whole day, so first, we had him take us to a beach where Matt, Mandi, Tami and Jalani could go parasailing. They also had jet skis on this beach, so Rob, Jalani, Mandi and Loralei took advantage of that adventure as well! Rich and I decided to save a few bucks and just have a relaxing time on the beach. As you can see in the pictures, it was quite cloudy when we arrived, and I was cold!

Trying to stay warm :-)Getting some ZZZs... he later pondered why his neck was so soretaking the jet skis outMandi and Matt before they went parasailingOh, did I mention this was a clothing optional beach?? You can thank me later for not posting THOSE pictures as it is NOT the ones who should be showing off their bodies wearing no clothes! ;-).
I can't remember the name of the next beach we went to, but it was highly recommended to us by Ken and Sally Vankooten (only to find out when we got home that they hadn't actually gone to it, but had talked to other people who had). The beach is RIGHT next to one of the airports in St. Maarten, so you can hang out on the beach, and watch the airplanes fly directly above you, right before they land. The other thing you can do, if you're crazy, is stand on the beach, behind the plane as it's taking off, which I've been told by the idiots that did it, that it was extremely hot, loud, painful (the sand all blows and pelts you) and CRAZY! That's what they all said, "It was CRAZY!!!" I guess crazy can be cool, right??
I love this picture, I think I might enlarge it and frame it!
(the one below, not above!)Mandi and I trying to show how close the plane getsa side view of the landingand for your viewing pleasure, a video by Rich

2 comments:

Dena said...

this post is some serious funny....

i thought you meant that the pic of you two on the beach was your favorite...which would have been totally okay to think that was a great picture, because it is. :) just funny that you meant the beach scene--not your hot bathing suit bodies! :) ha ha

and the video is CRAZY. can't wait to show Josh!!

WE MISS YOU GUYS!!!! xoxo

Janice said...

Isn't the color of the water amazing? I love, I love, the Caribbean!!