It's almost over. Been a wonderful week of warm water, sandy beaches, , relaxing, nice temps, good food (all inclusive you know), swimming, long walks on the beach, some trinket shopping (for Gram Rubys memory) and, oh yea, the Hcg conference!! Which by they way has been very successful for Rod, tons of info on hcg, patient care and management. Lots of good contacts, networking etc. It may prove to be extremely useful.
We've had a great time with Di here, we play well together and only got kicked off the beach once..something about being too late or dark, or rip tides? or rocks, or drop-offs? We're not exactly sure since we couldn't understand any thing they were saying. We did finally get the message when they kept flashing the flashlight at us and swam out to get us. Who knew the beach closes at dusk???
They have been cleaning the sand away from the umbrellas today, seems it washes up and nearly covers them if left alone. Anyway, they had a very large loader with a bucket scooping up sand and such and dumping it back into the ocean. It picked up a chunk of concrete, so the driver went down the beach to dispose of it. Unfortunately, the loader got stuck in the sand (or clay). Yea, Rod told me loaders don't get stuck but I guess no one told the mexican working on it because he is stuck. When we came in, after our "late" swim, he was still stuck, with the tide coming in and two wheels buried. They had a track hoe and a big amphibian truck trying to pull the loader out, but to no avail. It will be interesting to see its position in the morning.
But the day is over now, and tomorrow we leave with sorrow in our hearts. We will return to the land of the frozen for me, for Rod and Di the land of "work till you drop". We'll catch up on the mail and bills, and try to return all the missed messages we've received. A great time had, grateful that we could be here even for just a week.
