Friday had a slightly more relaxed start - breakfast became brunch as we eased our way into the day. I made an omelette with eggs we had picked up the day before at White Rock Farm, owned by our friends Chris and Sue. They have quite an enterprise at their farm these days - chickens, ducks, geese, Guinea fowl, turkeys, goats, sheep, pigs, all kinds of fruit trees and vegetables. They make delicious cheeses from their milk herds and from cow's milk they get from their Mennonite neighbors. We stopped at the farm, which is on the Hummingbird Highway just south of Belmopan, to pick up our pre-ordered selection of cheeses, cured meat, bangers, marmalade, rum butter, lemons, and eggs.
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| multi-hued chicken eggs |
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| We finished up all the fruit left over from the previous day's breakfast along with the omelette, toasted English muffins, rum butter, marmalade, accompanied by Belize grown coffee. |
Then we headed up to the Ray Caye dock, a 35 minute boat ride from our dock. Our transport to Ray Caye was on the boat pictured below.
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| "Our DevOcean" |
The trip to Ray Caye was a little more than an hour going at 25 knots per hour. Another health check upon arrival and then the welcoming rum punch.
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| Becki already looks relaxed in this beautiful, stress-free place. |
The wind started picking up, so we were not able to have our pre- and post-dinner yoga sessions on the platform over the sea.
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| The slide into the sea. |
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| Solar panels cover the dock walkway. |
We had our session in the breezy yoga studio. The class was only 15 people this time instead of 19, so there was more room to spread out.
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| Waiting for the first session to start. |
We had 2 sessions the first day, 4 on Saturday, and 2 on Sunday morning before we departed. That left a good chunk of Saturday open for a boating/snorkel trip.
What a perfect trip. Every possible ingredient for a great time. No wonder she looks happy. And I can see why this is preferable to Minnesota, however beloved that state may have been.
ReplyDeleteMinnesota was only beloved in the summer. I am a southerner at heart, having lived no farther north than Georgia for 47 of my 67 years.
DeleteOh, and please educate me: how is caye pronounced?
ReplyDeleteCaye and cay both rhyme with key, as in the Florida Keys. I think a caye is larger than a cay, but have never been able to make much sense of it with regard to names.
DeleteIt was an AMAZING (my over-used word of the week) vacation of a lifetime! Thank you so much Aunt Wilma for hosting me and arranging all of these wonderful adventures. ♥♥♥
ReplyDeleteIt was amazing! I am so glad you came and that we all remained covid-free. Let's do it again in less fraught times. Barnie and Clove are still looking around for you.
DeleteWhat a life. Surrounded by beauty.
ReplyDeleteBelize is a beautiful place. Although I often have to crop my photos to avoid trash, etc., that was not an issue on Ray Caye.
DeleteI don't know why but it seems odd to see a man doing yoga. Around here some of the yoga classes move outdoors in the summer, and I have never seen a man among the ladies.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are clearly missing out.
DeleteBecki has the same look on her face that I see on the faces of people in Cozumel- a sort of relaxed bliss that only the sea can produce. What a beautiful weekend!
ReplyDeleteExactly! Your worries float away on the sea breeze.
DeleteI miss that part of the world so much...Glad Becki enjoyed it. Why aren't the yoga class members masked if that close inside?
ReplyDeleteIt will be difficult to ever leave here, but health matters may force us to at some point. I share your concerns about covid. Everyone at the retreat had been double vaxxed and boosted, so that was a help. We were able to be maskless because the yoga studio is totally open on 2 sides and the breeze was strong - it was like being outside. We kept ourselves more than 6 feet apart, although the couple were closer than that. The rates of covid are much lower here than in the US. I was actually more worried about being exposed to covid while traveling - especially Becki's long flights from the US. Fortunately she was able to bring some rapid tests with her. We kept ourselves masked around Dennis for a couple of days after the Ray Caye trip and then tested ourselves (negative - yay!) before setting aside our masks. I put a lot of thought in how to travel around Belize the safest way we could and had contingency plans in case any of us tested positive at any point. The photos make it seem more carefree than it was.
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