A Gorgeous Day On North Ambergris Caye & A New Dog?
The first guests are scheduled to arrive at Rocky Point Permit Camp at about 18 miles north, Ambergris Caye in October.
How exactly did that become SO SOON! We will be heading up/staying up there quite a bit over the next few months…I’ll try not to over load you with pictures but…
We drove up earlier this week and…it was SO GORGEOUS out. The water clear and the bluest blues. I think I annoyed Jeff asking him to stop every mile or so…but the storm (Beryl) really swept the beaches beautifully. So let me share my pictures.
And a few quick pics of Margaritaville at 13 miles north. They have a tough location – a cove that collects quite a bit of sargassum. But yesterday it looked gorgeous!
They have a beautiful dock for lounging and swimming.
Less than a mile north, the shrimp farm dock. An old cement dock that was used for the shrimp farm that closed over 20 years ago. You can see some pictures of the remains and get some info about it here.
Just beyond Tranquility Bay another stretch of gorgeous water. This view is actually for sale right now. I think it’s one of the best deals on the island – a huge piece of land. (NO I’M NOT GETTING INTO REAL ESTATE! I just love this stretch of beach)
And a view another 1/2 mile up…
The road then moves off the beach and I spotted this pretty roadside hawk enjoying some rainwater from a hard hat.
And then to the property…
A bit dusty, I went for a swim. Led by camp dog, Belly.
And…we MIGHT have a new dog. Her name is Biscuit…and she was allegedly taken north by one of the Coast Guard guys but then some how made her way to our camp (about 2 miles south of the Coast Guard Station)
She’s just a puppy and has a serious but endearing underbite. And she’s wiggly and smiley and very eager. Our dog Frannie, though, is not at all sure about Biscuit.
That’s not true…she’s pretty sure she doesn’t like her.
Will we keep Biscuit? I’m thinking yes. Apparently the Coast Guard doesn’t want her and…the construction guys like her. It’s up to Fickle Frannie.
A few pictures of the construction…
And our colors so far – we just went to touch all the Sunbrella fabrics at Sew What! yesterday and settled on some beauties. The house paint test. And the GORGEOUS huge painting our friend Magnus made for us.
That’s all for now. It’ll be a busy weekend. Though perhaps not so blue. The Sahara Dust cloud is back over the Caribbean…and smudging up our skies. It looks grey and hazy this morning. You can track the movement in the link above.
Jeff’s 18 year old nephew arrives tomorrow (before he heads off to Harvard!) I’ll attend the Grand Caribe Business Expo tomorrow and then the Lobster Festival at night.
I’ll be reporting back!
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Beautiful up there. Hope the storm swept our beach at Sapphire Beach. Congrats on the first customers in October. Hopefully the water taxis will start up again.
It would have to be a private business – and the last one went out of business because they were losing money. Now that everyone rents a golf cart and the resorts have vans…I feel like it would be harder to run a water taxi!
Aw, Biscuit is a cutie. But Frannie was there first, and like you say, may need to have final right of refusal (which would be too bad, but understandable). I like your colors and fabrics!
TIL – “cyclone development needs a deep feed of moisture, Saharan Dust often acts to inhibit tropical development”. Thanks for the link and let’s hope it helps…
It should help…unfortunately we still have many months of storm season!
Does turtle man still live up there
He does – but I think it’s his home for sale!