September 16th, 2011 
I swear we did not touch up this photo at ALL!! this is truly the color of the water in the east sound, Grand Cayman. No matter how many times we drive by these colors, on the way to go snorkel, they NEVER get old!!
On Our Way To Snorkel Some Of Grand Caymans Best Snorkel Sites
Kayak Fishing In Grand Cayman
Rinse off in the Rain Forest!
Water Hammock at The Reef Resort Grand Cayman
Now is a great time to visit.
September and October are, by far, the two slowest months for tourism here in Grand Cayman. Kids are back at school and people are winding down after summer, so there are not a lot of people coming to the island. What that means to the savvy traveller is that there are empty beaches and great deals to be found. Many airlines, hotels, and tour operators lower their prices or have sales this time of year to try and increase business. If you shop around, you can come to the Cayman Islands for a fraction of what you would pay during a busier time of year. So what are you waiting for? The weather is great and I have a couple lounge chairs underneath a palm tree with your name on it!
What a great year for Sea Turtles!
Our latest nest of turtles have just hatched and made their way safely to the ocean. This is the last nest that we know about on our beach but if we learned anything this year, it is that mother turtles can be pretty good at hiding their nests. We would like to say thanks to all the people who walked the beaches this year, looking for and reporting any signs of turtle tracks. We are getting more and more nests each year, and that is due in part to all the people who volunteer their time and care about these wonderful creatures.
Grand Cayman Power Snorkeling
Grand Cayman Snorkeling & The Dallas Maverick’s
We put this sign out in front our neighbors house, right after they won the 2010/2011 Championship, for it to vanish only 3 hrs after. A few months had passed, and while the sign was long gone in our heads, we received a call from Mike Shedd (an assistant coach for the Mav’s). Mike let us know that he was on his honeymoon with beautiful wife Andrea, and was steering at an awesome congratulations sign! SERIOUS!!!! we yelled. We were even more amazed to find out the sign was in Mark’s living room!!! Thanks Mike & Andrea for coming on our snorkel excursion, great getting to meet you both. Good luck with the up coming season.
The turtles are sneaky!
It should be quite obvious that sea turtles haven’t survived for millions of years by making their nests easy for predators to find. It would seem that they are also pretty good at hiding their nests from people too. Every day we have people walking the beach looking for turtle tracks in the sand but since the Reef Resort has the longest beach of any resort in the Cayman Islands, apparently we can sometimes miss them. Two nights ago we had a nest hatch that we didn’t even know about! Most likely the mother turtle laid her eggs in the night shortly before a rain squall which would have erased her tracks by the morning. Big thanks to bartenders Nick and Colin staying late after shutting down the bar to make sure the baby turtles made it to the water safely. Remember to keep looking for those tracks on your morning walks and please report any possible nests to the White Sand hut, or the Cayman Islands D.O.E.
(photo from Bing)
