Greetings from Bermuda! Since arriving on Tuesday we've been busy visiting the Crystal Caves, Horseshoe beach, snorkeling at St.Catherines beach, zipping around on scooters, boating, and more snorkeling. Kathie's sister Elizabeth has been a fantastic hostess showing us everything Bermuda has to offer! The weather has been a mix of hot and humid, rainy and humid, and cloudy and humid. It's a bit of an adjustment from the dry Calgary weather. We're slowly working on our tans (although it's so much easier to burn - the sun is so strong here). Kathie's favorite part so far has been the afternoon naps on the beach and feeding the fish at the shipwreck. Jordan's favorite part was floating in the cove at paradise lakes for 2 hours trying to wait out a rain storm. The rain didn't go ... read more

Planning Here are some of the details to give you a little bit of an idea of all of the planning that was involved for a trip like this and some of the costs that we’ve incurred along the way. Medications/Immunizations Love the Alberta Health Care system, they don’t cover the cost of vaccinations such as Hep A, Hep B, Meningococcus, Typhoid, TD Polio, Tetanus/Diptheria, Yellow fever, Rabies, Dukoral or the Flu vaccine, so in total we’ve spent about $3100 including the cost of the Malaria pills that we’ll be taking for almost the entire year we are gone. We’ve opted to take Larium as our Malaria pill of choice; we did a test run for a couple of weeks in June/July and figured the side effects weren’t too bad. The good thing about Larium, is ... read more