A trip to Paradise

Last week Dan, David, and I had the opportunity to travel to St. Maarten in the Carribbean. The weather was perfect, except for the day when we got pummeled by Hurricane Earl. As nervous as I was for the hurricane to hit us, it was quite an experience and it was actually quite enjoyable.

Here are some pictures of our trip to Paradise:

This is the view from our balcony!

Our condo was 1/2 mile from the airport. We spent a lot of time watching the planes take off and land, which was a spectacular sight. They were so close you could almost touch them!

Playing in the sand wore David out

We went to Orient Bay one day and went to a nude beach. We just walked through it quickly just to experience it. I've never seen so many boobs and wieners in my life. I of course kept my clothes on because I didn't want people to think it was harpoon season!

One day we rented a car and drove around the island. We stopped off in Marigot, which is the capital of the French side of the island.
We stopped at a little diner and ate delicious crepes!

My Island Boys!

Watching Hurricane Earl destroy our beach. It was amazing how our beach was completely gone the next morning. Nothing but rocks! Two days later the sand had redistributed and we had our beach again.