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Some shots from the artificial reef in front of the Marriott. These are the poor man’s pictures, the real real pictures will come when Sarge posts his after a week of diving with a real camera!
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Kind of looks like the aliens have landed and buried their pods underwater!
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Kind of looks like the aliens have landed with their pods!
Nah, it’s not crowded here!
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A nice touch from the Marriott staff – Cotton Candy for the kids! I wish I would have gotten the picture of the little girl that wanted to rinse her hands and face in the pool instead of the shower on the deck!
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A very rare sighting of the Cayman walrus in his natural habitat along with a sighting in a controlled environment!
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Marriott party animals! These people were out there all day – I hope they had SPF 70!
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Friday sunset along with a visit to one of my favorite Cayman restaurants – the Sunshine Grill for fish tacos!
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Bye-bye Marriott, we’re heading to The Avalon!
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But first a stop at the airport to pickup the KC’s – Kenny, Kendell, Kelly and Kevin, aka the Little Dude. This was pretty funny! The flight was due in at 1:05. As I got to the observation deck at Owen Roberts an AA plane was just touching down at 1:00. So I take a couple of pictures to get ready of them deplaning when I hear “Hey, Uncle Mike!” I look to my right and there are Kendell and the Little Dude. Their plane had landed five minutes early and was at the opposite end of the tarmac! I thought it was an outbound AA!
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So it was off to Fosters and Blackbeards to stock up and finally get settled in at the Avalon! Look how crowded it is – NOT!
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OK, one selfie for the younger generation!
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So it was time to relax, enjoy the beach, family and Cayman Lemonade along with a much anticipated week of fun!
The Little Dude was all in!
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Debbie’s baby brother looks much taller in the water!
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Saturday sunset, the North Star and a relaxing evening with Chef of the Future!
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Sunday morning walk south from the Avalon and my favorite palm tree on the island!
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Unusual to see cruise ships on Sunday
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My new favorite beach toy in front of the Westin – a two-flat!
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Interesting beach sculpture!
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The Oscar Mayer Weinermoboat was back at the Ritz!
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Not much to see in front of the Avalon…
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Aren’t they cute!
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Sunday sunset…
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Strange looking visitor!
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Off to Duke’s Seafood and Ribshack!
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We asked if they would seat him at another table!
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What happeens in the Caymans…
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Decided to head to town on Monday after the morning walk because it didn’t look like it would be filled with too many boat people.
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The snob-a-lounger at the Ritz! Worst waste of $600 that I can think of!
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My favorite palm tree!
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My spot at the Avalon!
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Definitely you Kenny!
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My son’s inlaws bleed crimson as much, if not worse, than we do blue and gold! Of all things to have to see while on vacation Al the Elephant!
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I should have bought all of them!
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Looks like Atlantis Submarines needed a tow!
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The closest we would get to stingrays on this trip.
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Headed to Camana Bay for lunch…
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The Little Dude finally got his lizard!
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A new restaurant added to the GCM favorites – Ortanique! Great food and venue! The $5 Mojito Monday’s probably had no influence on this review!
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Cool pics Mike.
I drowned my camera on the first dive with it. So we’re off to Cathy Church’s in the morning to see if they have a replacement. If not, yours might be all we get as far as pics go!
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