husker,

It’s almost trip time! Congrats to you and Mrs. H. :dine: If you are planning to order a book, you MUST be planning a trip report! I can’t wait. ? Have a fantastic time.

Our parents have both been showing their books around at work and everyone seems to like them. Since they will be your honeymoon pics you may want to order two – one to pass around and one to keep for yourselves! Congratulations again…

Allison

Hi, leelee!

Questions are no problem!

This is the view from our balcony. It was at the southernmost edge of the complex. You can see a couple of easier entries at the property next door.

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Here is a full view of the beach toward the north. At the right edge of the photo is a yellow kayak against the trees. If you walk around that point the beach entries get clearer. I think you can barely see the point now at the top left edge of the Royal Palms webcam on this page.

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There is still a little ironshore after you go around the point – you’ll want some kind of water shoes or sandals to get around it.

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Then it clears right up…

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Sorry about my kids being featured, they kept getting in all the pictures ?

Allison

Lisa,

Kirk Supermarket will be just south of you. You could probably walk, but we never did. You wouldn’t want to walk if you were getting anything perishable. I’m terrible at estimating distance, but maybe someone else can chime in.

I will be glad to give any more help. Just let me know what you need! I am a planner when it comes to vacation time – I want to try to see all there is to see. You never know if you’ll get to go back. However, you still have to be flexible. I was planning for four extra adults plus it was our first big vacation with the kids. I knew all the things I wanted to do, but we just juggled days around depending on the mood. If there is something you think you might want to do twice, try it early on in the trip. I thought we might go to Rum Point twice, but the group preferred to stay closer to home. They really liked Governor’s Beach and Smith Cove, so we went there a couple of times.

There are so many cool places to snorkel, and I wish we could have seen more this time. Our first trip we went out about three times a day – usually at different spots. It just wasn’t possible this time with the kiddos. For me, if I’m visiting a place known for the beauty of its ocean life, I want to be in the ocean. I can get a drink anywhere. My last trip prior to this was a birthday/graduation trip for my sister and I. We lost a beautiful day due to a celebratory evening on a pirate ship. Then it rained the following day. Not good! Just be cautious. ?

Let me know if you need any more info!

Allison

Lisa,

If you go to any of the beaches early in the morning you will have it mostly to yourself. I don’t know if you can or would want to get your teens up early ?. Perhaps you can leave them behind for your first trip out. ?

The kids would probably like Coconut Joes and Eats/Legendz. You can eat outside at Coconut Joes and have conch fritters! :burger: Yum. The food at Eats was wonderful. The view at Macabuca at the Cracked Conch is great, and the food is great. I think that was my favorite overall. They are all very casual. I can’t speak to anything else, because we stuck to family friendly this time.

There was a grill on the patio. We used it a few nights. Kirk’s had some kabob meat already packaged up, so all we had to do was grab a few packs and some veggies. Our unit was really well stocked – there were skewers already there! We had a fish night, but it was from our fishing trip with Fat Fish Adventures. I don’t know if you would be interested, but Peter is great. We went night fishing, which was a new adventure for all of us. There is fresh fish available just north of town on the ocean side. There has been another discussion recently where people have recommended Fosters for fresh fish.

As for snorkeling, we went to Smith’s Cove, Cemetery Beach, and Governor’s Beach. I really enjoy them all. We had to skip the turtle farm area – you can get in at the Cracked Conch. It’s a much different snorkel, and I really missed it. We also had to skip Eden Rock – I’ve seen lots of good pics from there lately. Queen’s Monument is somewhere I have not been, but it will be first on my list for next time. Also, there has been some good advice for snorkeling at Rum Point recently. We did go in there, but it was pretty rough the day we were there. We weren’t able to get far enough out. I really enjoyed the snorkeling at the barrier reef during our stingray trip. It was one of my favorite spots this time!

Allison :snorkel1: