My 27th Birthday at The Rex Grenadian Resort

For my 27th birthday (my 2nd birthday on the island) a few friends and I went to The Rex Grenadian for an all-inclusive day of fun in the sun!

First picture of 27 year old me!

The Rex Grenadian Resort

Breakfast Buffet...YUMMY!

SO GOOD!

The pool up above the sea

The pool bar

Birthday Breakfast Rum Punch with Nutmeg!

FABULOUS with a pina colada!

Sherry, my favorite person on this island (aside from my husband), tanning in perfect color coordination

Pool-side grill and buffet

Lunch from the grill and buffet

A little soup

Birthday dessert tarts!

The view over the railing of the pool deck

Looking left

Looking right (Downtown St. George in the distance)

The Rex beach

Getting ready to sail on the Hobie Cat catamarans

This is going to be so fun!

The grounds

Looking across the lake to the pool area

Waterfall in the middle of the lake

Finishing up the day with afternoon tea...so proper!

Birthday tea and finger sandwiches!

Snorkel and Booze Cruise - West Grenada

This past Saturday I went on one of the most fun trips I’ve done on the island so far, a snorkeling booze cruise! My SO friend, Sheridan, invited me to go along.

We boarded the catamaran on Grand Anse beach at 9:30 am and set sail northbound, Carib and rum punch in hand, to the West side of the island. Our first stop was at Flamingo Bay. We snorkeled around a reef and saw lots of beautiful fish and coral.

Underwater Erin

Then we swam back to the boat, where the crew had inflated a water trampoline for us to jump from the boat and into the water. They also had a kayak and some foam rafts to “lime” (Caribbean lingo for hanging out or partying) on. We hung out for about another hour while the crew cooked us a barbeque chicken lunch right on the boat! The meal was complete with rice, vegetables and salad.

Fun times on the water trampoline

Fish below my feet, dangling off the catamaran

After lunch we drank, swam and fooled around on and off the boat for a few more hours before the anchor came up and we sailed further south to the Underwater Sculpture Park, a group of sunken sculptures created by artist Jason de Caires Taylor. You can see examples of his work in Grenada and in Cancun, Mexico at his website: http://www.underwatersculpture.com/index.asp

After we all returned from snorkeling and checking out the sculptures, up came the anchor and we heaed back to Grand Anse Beach.  The crew gave us each a piece of cinnamon cake and we watched the beach where we live get closer in the distance.

Erin gets her lime-on with a raft and some rum punch at Flamingo Bay

This weekend I'm going on another trip through the same charter company for whale and dolphin watching!  Stay tuned faithful viewers!