03.12.06
we just dropped our good friends: Grant & Liz, at the antigua airport...

on saturday november 25th 2006, after much anticipation they finally tied the knot in canada. unfortunately, lois & i couldn't attend this important day, but i hear it was a class act. with the help of technology, i did particlpate, with the layout for their invites, i got them printed & had them delivered all from antigua.

lois, my family & i also participated in the big event by hosting grant & liz in our home, here in antigua. they departed the day after the wedding & spent a week in the honeymoon suite at chez breadner.

we toured, we sampled, we snorkled. grant & liz actually scuba dove for the very first time. it was all: wonderful, but don't take my word for it, grant wrote about their trip, which i am sure you will appreciate...

Next time you go away take a few days when you get back to reflect on the experience. Your mind should be clear of the plane ride which can be tiring, your senses are back to normal and your daily routine has set back in. What you have left is the jewel that was your adventure. So here is our adventure, please take some time to read it as everyone was there except two, which I will mention soon.

The wedding night came and went so fast, and as it did, it tickled as the pure sense of joy and happiness filled our hearts. Wow what a night! Everyone is now married, some of you for quite a while now. Everyone has kids; we hope to work on that one as well. So thank you everyone for being there with us. We could not have done without you.

How to begin to put to words, the feelings and the emotion for our Hosts, Rob and Lois. The answer is, you can’t. What we can do is tell you a little about the trip and hope you fill the rest in with your own visit.

The island has 365 beaches, they say there is one more but that is kept a secret for the local people. The sand is clean and white and soft to walk on. Most of the island has rolling hills with some locations flat holding some inland water. Green Green Green, surrounded by ocean blue. We had on and off again brief showers, which added to the wonder of living on a tropical island. The “BEEPERS” as I call them, because the sound like back up beepers are everywhere by the millions. All singing the same song to one another, so it sounds like one sound. EXCEPT one was outside our window and I had to hunt it down at 2am in the morning it was so loud. Rob had set up an air conditioner in the room so it was more comfortable. We had it on for three nights as we were not accustomed to the humidity, but after that, the island breeze just lulls you to sleep. The air is so fresh on the island that after only two days my allergies and asthma cleared up like I never had it. Amazing.

The people are as friendly as they come. People wave to say hello all the time. That’s the way we all should be. Most of the roads have pot holes but you get used to where they are and just flow around them. I think that there would be more accidents if the roads were perfect, as you have to go at a moderate pace. Hmmmm a moderate pace!! Traffic is on all two lane roads that during rush hour backs up for km but moves just the same. Why does it move? Well because everyone lets everyone else in or turn all by flashing the headlights to motion you in or to turn. What a concept, stopping to give a moment to prevent a traffic jam and keep moving.