Upcoming Dive Trip
We are planning the 2010 Grand Cayman dive trip.
Contact us if you are interested in talking about the trip. Airfare bottomed out at $512 and started climbing again in February! I got three tickets - Heidi, Ruth and me - for $547 each, $664.35 with taxes and fees. Room rates are the same as last year - $125, $145 and $155 a night for the nine night stay. Ruth wants somebody to share a room. I'll start working on diving arrangements soon, but won't make commitments until I know if anybody wants to join us.
Last year's trip went so much better than we expected that we knew we should return even before the week was over. Indeed, while we were still there, Ruth said she would return this year if she didn't go on a spring cruise with her sister. The week we got back she decided she could do both. She's headed for a Carnival Cruise of the eastern Carribbean this spring, and planning on joining us in Grand Cayman in August!
This is a bit different than the liveaboards we have enjoyed in the past. And a bit like our early trips to the Florida Keys when we started diving. For details of the 2009 trip take a look at the trip description and accompanying pages available in the menu above.
Our shore based boat diving trip revolves around the diving, but there are other activities available for anyone interested. If you have a rental car yourself the whole island is available to you. There is bus service between our hotel and most of Seven Mile Beach and Georgetown. The beach and many beach activities are available, including boat or jet ski rentals, by crossing the road and strolling north or south just a short distance.
We may look into a couple days of diving directly from the shore; some sites offer wall diving reportedly fifty yards from shore entry points. Grand Cayman island is the tip of an oceanic mountain over 25,000 feet high.
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Saint Patrick's Day 2011 - Coming Soon?
I realy like spice cake. And I've found alternating layers of carmel flavored cake and spice cake with a spice icing is tasty beyond belief. But for Saint Patrick's Day the spice cake cupcakes with Jameson Whiskey icing is an absolutely intoxicating pleasure. My genius of a son made the suggestion and the spice and whiskey is a heavenly combination, truly 'tis. Just make good old out-of-the box spice cake and top with:
Jameson's Icing
- half stick of butter
- 6 ounces Jameison's Whiskey
- 6 cups confectioner's sugar
- Mix well
- Adjust consistency with additional Jameson's or sugar
- May color with green food coloring...
Wedding Bells
John P. asked Sharon Joy Weston to marry him on February 13th and she agreed. The nuptials are currently planned for December 18th in Oberlin.
Audio file of BBC Broadcast - 1945
Dad from London
Patience - scratchy audio about 6 minutes long