Just before Christmas Brian and I went to the Bahamas with his family. It was a welcomed break from the cold weather and snow. We passed the time going to a water park, site seeing, snorkeling, and swimming with dolphins.
We hiked up to a place called Queen's Staircase. It was really pretty and we got to go up a huge flight of stairs next to a waterfall. Then at the top of the stairs there was a Fort that was used to protect the seaport. There one of the locals talked us into a tour of the city, we loaded up into his van and he gave us a tour while wearing a king's crown. He made sure to point out all of the historical buildings and all of the 5 star restaurants in the area.
There was an Aquarium at the resort where we stayed, this is a picture of the biggest Manta Ray we have ever seen(this picture doesn't do it justice)
We also went and visited a Pirate Museum. We're looking sad because of the marooned pirate. The best part about this adventure happened as we were looking at the lower level of the exhibit when the lights and sounds suddenly turned off. Brian's dad led us back to the light with the flash on his camera, but when we got back to the door we entered in it was locked. His little brother lost it and burst into tears thinking we'd be locked inside forever. Luckily for us one of the workers had stuck around for a bit and was able to let us out. As he let us out he informed us that the museum was closed for the day, we left feeling a bit embarrassed.
These are some sharks just chilling taking a nap in one of the tanks that the water park had. Brian and I spent the day at the water park with his little brother and sister. I am proud to say that I went down all the "scariest" slides, mostly to prove to his 9 year old brother that I wasn't a wuss. We had a good time and got a good work out going up all the stairs to get the top of the slides.
This is the view from our hotel room. It was such a beautiful place it made coming back to all this snow very hard.
Just before Christmas Brian and I went to the Bahamas with his family. It was a welcomed break from the cold weather and snow. We passed the time going to a water park, site seeing, snorkeling, and swimming with dolphins.
We hiked up to a place called Queen's Staircase. It was really pretty and we got to go up a huge flight of stairs next to a waterfall. Then at the top of the stairs there was a Fort that was used to protect the seaport. There one of the locals talked us into a tour of the city, we loaded up into his van and he gave us a tour while wearing a king's crown. He made sure to point out all of the historical buildings and all of the 5 star restaurants in the area. 
There was an Aquarium at the resort where we stayed, this is a picture of the biggest Manta Ray we have ever seen(this picture doesn't do it justice)
We also went and visited a Pirate Museum. We're looking sad because of the marooned pirate. The best part about this adventure happened as we were looking at the lower level of the exhibit when the lights and sounds suddenly turned off. Brian's dad led us back to the light with the flash on his camera, but when we got back to the door we entered in it was locked. His little brother lost it and burst into tears thinking we'd be locked inside forever. Luckily for us one of the workers had stuck around for a bit and was able to let us out. As he let us out he informed us that the museum was closed for the day, we left feeling a bit embarrassed.
These are some sharks just chilling taking a nap in one of the tanks that the water park had. Brian and I spent the day at the water park with his little brother and sister. I am proud to say that I went down all the "scariest" slides, mostly to prove to his 9 year old brother that I wasn't a wuss. We had a good time and got a good work out going up all the stairs to get the top of the slides.
This is the view from our hotel room. It was such a beautiful place it made coming back to all this snow very hard.
