04-24-2013, 07:43 PM
<P>Sunday April 14th<P>We slept in a bit today. Woke at 9am. If I had to guess, it's because I was up till 3:30am. First thing we did was make coffee and Terry came over for coffee as well. After our coffee we jumped in the pool. Any fogginess we had was pretty much gone after a good swim.<P>Terry called Sun to see if we could get a ride to the grocery store. It's Sunday and there is only one store open. Rams is the main supermarket in the country. On Sundays they (sometimes) open from 11-1. We were lucky because Kristina was going to get supplies for a beach picnic she had promised their little boys. She picked us up at 11am.<P>We bought some nice crackers and some really good white cheddar. There was a great selection of cheese and nice cuts of meat. Terry bought some more beer, cuts of turkey, cheese and tostitos chips.<P>After the store, Kristina drove us down to Woodlands beach. The beach is really nice with a nice shelter house and bathrooms. The beach was really big today. Somedays, it will disappear to a sliver of sand then the next day, it's all back. You can see the 7-Up house from this beach really close up.<P>Montserrat beaches are mostly ash/sand from the volcano. The government sells a lot of the sand to other countries that need sand. You'll see pictures of that in the volcano zone. LOTS of sand.<P>Kristina told us that about once a year the volcano will spout off and produce lots of ash that covers the entire island. It ruins everyones pool filters and it cost about $1000 usd to replace them each time that happens. They have a pool at their own house but don't use it because of the cost of upkeep.<P>We got back to the house and did absolutely nothing. We laid by the pool in the sun and jumped in when we got too hot. Matt did a sketch of an iguana and tried to pet one. It bit his finger but it didn't hurt nor did it break skin. Don't try to pet the iguanas. LOL.<P>Terry made a few snack for us to share. Nachos with turkey and cheese. We made some ramen and some crackers and hot dogs. It all sounds gross but it was good.<P>Matt went to bed early after drinking Guinness. Terry and I stayed up and watched the sunset. We saw the green flash again!<P>We surfed the internet by the pool for an hour or so and we both went to bed about 8pm. Tomorrow is Volcano Exclusion Zone day!!!<P>Today was a really lazy day but it was perfect. Having a pool is awesome and I think I will always look for a place with a pool from now on.<P>There are only a few pictures from today.<P>This is the boat sign from the boat of the owners of our house. Sun and Kristina manage the property for them. If I recall correctly, the woman was a gold medal champion in swimming and her husband was a race car driver. This was in the 50's-60's. Their children now own the property but don't want to live there or sell it, so they just rent it.<P><a href="http://s194.photobucket.com/user/jeannie_brim/media/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2430_zpse8cefe34.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/jeannie_brim/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2430_zpse8cefe34.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_2430_zpse8cefe34.jpg"/></a><P>Here is a shot of our road.<P><a href="http://s194.photobucket.com/user/jeannie_brim/media/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2431_zpsc30f9d76.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/jeannie_brim/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2431_zpsc30f9d76.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_2431_zpsc30f9d76.jpg"/></a><P>All of the meters on the island are in their own little house.<P><a href="http://s194.photobucket.com/user/jeannie_brim/media/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2434_zps28cedb09.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/jeannie_brim/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2434_zps28cedb09.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_2434_zps28cedb09.jpg"/></a><P>Of course, you can't forget the energy drinks! HAHA<P><a href="http://s194.photobucket.com/user/jeannie_brim/media/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2435_zps92cf33f6.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/jeannie_brim/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2435_zps92cf33f6.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_2435_zps92cf33f6.jpg"/></a><P>Woodland's Beach<P><a href="http://s194.photobucket.com/user/jeannie_brim/media/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2438_zpsafbdde68.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/jeannie_brim/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2438_zpsafbdde68.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_2438_zpsafbdde68.jpg"/></a><P><a href="http://s194.photobucket.com/user/jeannie_brim/media/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2439_zps57db4124.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/jeannie_brim/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2439_zps57db4124.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_2439_zps57db4124.jpg"/></a><P><a href="http://s194.photobucket.com/user/jeannie_brim/media/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2441_zpsf2be517a.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/jeannie_brim/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2441_zpsf2be517a.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_2441_zpsf2be517a.jpg"/></a><P><a href="http://s194.photobucket.com/user/jeannie_brim/media/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2442_zpsf778f884.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/jeannie_brim/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2442_zpsf778f884.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_2442_zpsf778f884.jpg"/></a><P><a href="http://s194.photobucket.com/user/jeannie_brim/media/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2443_zpsa2d739e8.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/jeannie_brim/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2443_zpsa2d739e8.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_2443_zpsa2d739e8.jpg"/></a><P><a href="http://s194.photobucket.com/user/jeannie_brim/media/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2444_zps3a9602f9.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/jeannie_brim/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2444_zps3a9602f9.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_2444_zps3a9602f9.jpg"/></a><P>Sunset<P><a href="http://s194.photobucket.com/user/jeannie_brim/media/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2455_zpsd674d1ae.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/jeannie_brim/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2455_zpsd674d1ae.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_2455_zpsd674d1ae.jpg"/></a><P>Moon in the sky<P><a href="http://s194.photobucket.com/user/jeannie_brim/media/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2456_zpsaf9768ce.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z97/jeannie_brim/Montserrat%20and%20Antigua/IMG_2456_zpsaf9768ce.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo IMG_2456_zpsaf9768ce.jpg"/></a>