We just arrived back from our week in Bermuda. My first cousin, Laura, and her family lives there. We enjoyed spending time with them and experiencing Bermuda. We stayed very busy so I'm sure Laura and her family need a vacation after our vacation.
This was Hunter and Jordan's first trip outside the US. They were so excited about getting their first stamp in their passports. They did excellent on the 2 1/2 hour flight.
We took Laura, Thomas and Anna letterboxing. This was their first time letterboxing and they had a blast. We are at St George in the graveyard of the oldest continuously operating Anglican church in the Western hemisphere. Thomas is holding the letterbox. We found 4 letterboxes during our trip. These were our first international letterboxes.
In the pictures above, Laura, Chris, Hunter, Jordan, Thomas and Anna are sitting on the steps of St. Peter's church. The inside was beautiful. On display under glass were some signatures, I read the first as Elizabeth Phillip. I was trying to figure out who she was when Laura said was Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. I felt so dumb. Prince Charles and Diana's signatures were also in the church. As always, you can click on the picture to made it bigger.
On Tuesday night, we went on a boat ride with some of Laura and Sean's friends. They had 3 kids so with Laura's 2 kids and ours, we had a total of 7 kids and 6 adults. They took us on a lovely tour of Bermuda. Then we anchored and ate the delicious supper Laura had prepared. Completely throwing the "no swimming until 30 minutes after you eat" rule out the window, we swam. The water was 15 feet deep and you could still see the bottom. There was even a rainbow.
After the sunset, we waited to see the glowworms. Laura had told us how amazing it was to watch to glowworms. So we planed our trip during the time the glowworms are active. The glowworm produces bioluminescent displays when they mate. During the months of June through September, between two and three nights after a full moon, 56 minutes after sunset, this illuminated mating ritual occurs. (It is true. I could not make this up) It starts with the females spiraling to the surface emitting a pulsating green luminescence as they release an egg mass. The male, glowing as well, does a zig zag dance until he encounters these eggs, darts around in the mass causing an even brighter glow. He then dies and sinks to the bottom of the sea. I guess since she is done with him there is no use keeping him around. :) So there were hundreds of poofs of glowing egg that looked like circles and then these glowing zig zaping males attach them. The "show" lasted about 10 minutes and then completely stopped.
