The Snorkel Adventure Gift

Brain cancer is...

Serious (listening) Darrell at dinner (Real backdrop...not green screen, Christine)

...such a giver.

Today was Stingrays and Bust Day.  Geoff and Beth swam with the stingrays at Stingray City and enjoyed it greatly.  The stingrays gather at that spot to eat the treats that, originally, fishermen and now tourists share.

The stingrays are Southern Stingrays that only poke in defense.  They are very docile and seem to be social.  Geoff said they are like puppies.

To honor the stingray adventure, here are Beth and Geoff in front of stingray art after dinner.

Meanwhile Darrell and Andi busted.  We stayed in to avoid so much sun....and to work.

Given the view from Computer Station 3, life could be worse.

And now to the title of this post:  The Snorkel Adventure Gift.  Darrell and I keep working to learn to live Life 2.0, as horizons shift with time past diagnosis. We typically haven’t spent much leisure time apart, choosing to spend it together because work takes us apart.

Today Darrell gave me the gift of a long solo snorkel while he enjoyed the beach.  I felt like such an adventurer. Our beach is shallow, so I swam way out and way over.  I held still and looked at one spot for 10 or 15 minutes at a time.  I studied the coral. After some research, I learned that I spotted knobby brain coral (here).

Thank you for the adventure, Darrell.  I am grateful.

Here's to another day...here.

Tomorrow is our last full day:  Sunset Cruise Day.  Imagine how much trouble we can get into between now and sunset.

Happy Adventures, Team D!

Crystal Caves Day...and so much more!

Brain cancer is...

...happy to be back on the beach.

Here's a link to today's Animoto video* (click here). 
The Crystal Caves were great.  (Great, hot, and humid.)

Even greater?  The day held so many happy surprises.  The surprising thing is that every day has so many different and happy surprises.
 
Here are some from today.

Snorkeling Crew Captain says, "Cheers!" from ashore

The varied, highly detailed, cave formations:  Just one example (Each ripple is fingernail sized.)

Precious baby rat bats (zoomed way in)

Sea stars at Starfish Point

Kaibo:  Dinner, barefoot on the beach

Tomorrow is "Stingray City and Bust!"  (Two of us are going to Stingray City, and two of us are bust.)

We made it through Wednesday here in paradise.  Phew.  Happy Hump Day, Team D!

*Shout out to Gerard at Animoto, who fixed the login problem.

The Sun Sets on Turtle Day

Brain cancer is...

...grateful for yet another day on Earth.

The green sea turtles at the Center are approximately six feet long.  We were caught unaware by their majesty.  Here are two pics...above and below the surface.  We flipper-bumped the babies, and we saw endangered Ridley turtles too.

Also at the Center is an aviary where one can feed the birds.  Payback for years of bird hating was tough on Geoff.  Here he is with one of many scarlet ibises.  

Darrell swam today, for the first time since 2016.

Tonight is the pirate party.  Tomorrow is Cave Day. 

Signing off from paradise! Love you, Team D.

Car Day Success!

Brain cancer is...

...calling Car Day a success.

I am having problems with Internet and Amimoto, so here are some still

images (in order) and highlights.

1.  Darrell made a fruit and cheese plate for breakfast on the lanai.

2.  We swam and snorkeled on our beach.

3.  We mastered “driving on the left.” Geoff steers.  Andi navigates and says “look right.” Beth and Darrell manage the e-maps and count the round about exits.

4.  Lobster sandwiches at a dive spot, Macabuca.

5.  On to Barker’s Beach.

6.  After several failed attempts, we ended up in Hell.

7.  On to the East End, with Lover’s Wall, Tukka , and the Blow Holes.

8.  Happy Anniversary dinner and table side Banana’s Foster at the Beach House.

Tomorrow? Turtle Day!

Ours is a great swim beach, with very buoyant water

Macabuca, lobster sandwiches

Barker's Beach (Way North)

From Barker's Beach, Back on the Road to Hell

 

Hell

The Blowholes (East End)

Anniversary Dinner at the Beach House

Chill Day

Brain cancer is...

 ...enjoying "Chill Day."

Each day on our Grand Cayman Adventure calendar has a name.  Today is Chill Day.

Above is the beach near our condo, where we took a walk.

 But first we had a three-hour brunch.  Here's the view.

Now it's time to get ready for dinner.  Awesome Chill Day!

Stay tuned for tomorrow, Car Day.

PS...when we step into the warm, humid air from the air conditioning, our glasses fog up.  Love it!

Grand Cayman Adventure Launch

Brain cancer is...

...en route to Grand Cayman.

The vacation started yesterday with So Cal fun. (Click here if you’d like some images of the day.) Beth and Geoff flew out first this morning and are already having dinner on the edge of the Caribbean.

Darrell and Andi have eaten our way across the country today and leave Miami in half an hour.

Grand Cayman Adventure? Launched!

Photo Credits: Starting with today’s videos, many images are by Beth or Geoff.

Live Like GJ.

Brain cancer is...

...terrible.  But not unopposed.

In December 2018, we introduced you to a wonderful person and fellow Optune Ambassador, GJ (click here for the post).

Today we received the StacheStrong newsletter that informed us that GJ passed away on September 17. (Click here for the newsletter.)  What a horrible loss for our planet.

Our hearts are aching with yours, Gerner Family. 

Thank you, StacheStrong, for everything you do to fight GBM. (Click here for the StacheStrong site.)

Thanks for launching the Live Like GJ initiative soon.   Until the initiative is up and running, we promise to live like GJ and smile.