27th August 2011 - After breakfast we went to Harrisons Cave - which has been completely renovated since we were last here. A very good undergound tour - including about 1 mile of an electric train. We then went to the Flower Forest - which was lovely but incredibly hot. Back to Almond Beach Village and in the pool - followed by Sunset watch as it was a very nice day we got some good pictures of the sunset. Also as Saturday night was fine and warm - the Bajan buffet was in the courtyard. Food was again excellent - Catherine said that the lemon cake was a good as hers which is a bit of a compliment! Then back to the room for guess what - yep a couple of games of Rumikub - picked ... read more

Woke up on the 21st to bright blue skies - lovely and hot. Popped down to the lobby and updated the Travelblog. Then into Enids for breakfast - thought I'd have an omlette which was a good idea but hand-made to Caribean time. Starting to adjust to both the pace and time. Didnt wake up until about 7 am. which was great. This morning we played golf - which was supposed to be a 3 par course (maybe for professionals) - we managed one 3 between us - boy was it hot! Saw some monkeys at one point. We also played with Cayman balls - first shot straight in the lake! But we finished the day with 7 more than we started so plenty for next time! The best bit was when Catherine brought out cold ... read more

Ok it's been over a year and it's time for us to head away again - this year it's sunny Barbados (or rainy Barbados at this time of year...). We haven't been since 2007 so it will interesting to see how it's changed. We are staying far up on the West Coast near Speightstown. We will check in today to see if we can get seats even close to one another (with a bit of leg room if possible) - one minute after it opens I'll be online! I've also got the afternoon off to pack and tidy the house so that it doesn't look a complete mess for the people looking after it! - Update 10 minutes after check-in open we have 5 seats in a row - result....... though they do back onto the ... read more

4th August 2010 - Wild Horses Easy day today - got up and sorted out a couple of extra days in Cody - we won't leave here until Sunday now and then we are heading towards Billings/Little Big Horn - via Yellowstone. We've decided not to book anything and just take whatever we can get. We then booked a tour out to the Wild Horses today and White water rafting for tomorrow. We thought we'd go swimming at the recreation centre in Cody but it was closed for maintenance. So we played minature golf instead - which Matthew won. Then back home for some lunch via Family Dollar which was quite interesting. Lunch was a mix of salads and subs - followed by the Vanilla swirl ice cream. Got some nice shots of the deer nipping ... read more

Unfortunately hadn't turned of the alarm on my phone so that went off at 4 am. Excellent - got up and turned it off only for Paul Dolphin to phone at 5 am.... put phone on quiet before throwing it out the window! Everyone woke up about 7 am. So we were in for breakfast around 8 am. First make it yourself waffles excellent! After breakfast we drove into Cheyenne so we could watch the Grand Parade which started at 9.30 and went on for an hour - it was surprisingly good - what a community I know the effort that goes into Downley Day and reckon about 10% of the whole community either appear in the parade or must be invoved in some way. Got some great pictures! After the parade finished we headed over ... read more