A Caribbean wedding vacation at the beginning of December is the most genius idea EVER!! So to Ben and Shelby, we owe you a huge THANK YOU!
So my brother, Ben and Shelby had a genius idea of getting married in Turks & Caicos on December 1st. They picked a BEAUTIFUL resort, Beaches, and invited friends and family to join. There were 14 of us in total that made the trip.
We had the best time just spending time at the pool, beach, bar and restaurant with family. I loved getting to spend time with my adorable niece, Ryn.
After a few days of just hanging out at the resort, Ben, Shelby, Ryn, Jed and I decided to take off on an adventure. We had heard about a restaurant called Da Conch Shack so we decided to go find it. It was absolutely worth it!! The restaurant was outside on the beach. It was perfect! It looked like something out of the movies. The food and drinks were amazing. I think we could have stayed there for days. But the driver came and got us and we wanted to take advantage of out time out so we had him drop us off at the little shopping area they have. We walked into a few shops and just enjoyed the new area to explore.
Cindi, my mom, Jed and I all stayed an extra day after the rest of the group left. Jed and I started that day off by booking a trip to go Paddle Boarding. We went through a company called Big Blue Unlimited. They took care of everything and for 2 hours we worked our tails off paddling around a cove. It was a lot more work then I ever thought it would be. It was a very small group (our tour guide and 4 newbies) so we had a lot of fun taking our time, exploring the area and hearing storied about the island. If you are looking for a good workout, I highly recommend it. We even saw a lemon shark on our excursion!
When we got back to the resort, we were very fortunate that on our last day the weather cleared up and they changed the flags from RED to YELLOW. That allowed us to to be able to do some of the water sports they had available to us but couldn't offer all week because of how choppy the water was.
So we hurried to get in line and be the first group out on Hobie sail boats and were even able to use snorkeling gear to check out the reef that was just off the beach a few feet away from the resort. Unfortunately, snorkeling with the 4 of us did not go well. We were a site to see as at one point we really did have an audience of passerby's that stopped to watch, point and laugh. (One was nice enough to offer some advice too) I can only imagine what we looked like as I literally dragged my mom into the ocean to convince her that she could snorkel before she panicked and I pushed her out of the water. In the end, I was able to make it our really far (too far in my mom's opinion) and saw a handful of different fish, coral and a sea turtle. I was so excited when I saw the sea turtle that my mom thought I was drowning. Let's just say the experience is one that we will not soon forget even if we don't have a single picture from that adventure.
We were definitely bummed we had to leave this little piece of paradise but we am so glad we were able to make the trip and celebrate Ben and Shelby. Congratulations you two! Can't wait for the next adventure.
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