View Up The Beach
We awoke this morning after a great night’s sleep, mostly because we were so tired from yesterday’s travel. It helped that we are on Central Time, giving us an additional hour to sleep in, which was welcome. We made coffee, and then headed to the local breakfast establishment, affectionately coined the s**t shack by the group, based on last year’s trip.
However, since it was Sunday the “shack” was closed, so we had to improvise and make some breakfast in the house. We had purchased some smoked sausage and rolls from our grocery run yesterday. In the end, we were all satisfied and ready for our day on the beach.
Our Private Beach Area By The House
We spent most of the day relaxing at the house, watching people walk by on the beach, while sitting in our beach chairs, enjoying the sunshine.
It was a little windy during the day, but it made it cooler since the temperature was about 85 degrees.
Snorkeling
Stephanie, Bryan, Ashley and I went snorkeling later in the afternoon, and it was really clear and nice. Stephanie had some issues with her snorkel, she was just not relaxed enough and got some cramps in her jaw from biting down too hard, mostly from nerves. I think we went a little farther for our first day than we needed too, but in the end, everything was OK.
Snorkeling
We only have to walk about 200 yards down the beach, so it it not something we have to try hard to do. Hopefully, by the end of the week, we will have enough time in the water for Stephanie to be more relaxed with snorkeling. Neither of us had snorkeled with swim fins on our previous vacations, and even for me, with all of my past diving experience, it required using muscles we were not accustomed to using. We will just need to do a little bit of snorkeling each day to get more familiar with it. However, even for the first day, we enjoyed it, despite some difficulties.
Chicken On The Grill
We spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing in our beach chairs, and having a few adult beverages. While we were all relaxing, Bryan spent the afternoon smoking three whole chickens on the grill, and we thoroughly enjoyed them for dinner later.
We had a pretty nice sunset, although once again, there were some low clouds on the horizon as the sun was setting. We ate our wonderful home made dinner of smoked chicken, corn on the cob, and salad. After dinner, we all went for a walk on the beach. It was really nice since the crowds had dissipated from the afternoon. The stars in the night sky were brilliant, even with some of the light from the beachfront bars and restaurants.
Sunset On Day 2
We turned in, having spent a wonderful day in Roatan at Casa Martin.