An underwater adventure in Belize with a disposable underwater camera to a remote island called Rendevous Caye on a power snorkeling excursion…yep, that’s how we Roots do it. So here’s Cody, Jonathan and I…

We didn’t travel far for this trip, but unfortunately we don’t get to the beach too often so this short trip is definitely worthy of a Traveling Tuesday post! Jonathan and I headed about an hour east to Cocoa Beach and spent the day surfing. The trip started out rainy, gloomy and overcast. I spent the first hour or so sitting in the truck waiting for the rain to dissipate so that I could walk out to the beach with my camera. Not only did the rain go away; the sun came out and it turned into an amazingly beautiful Florida day. Jonathan surfed and I took pictures and enjoyed both the serenity and excitement of the beach-the perfect duality of worlds for me.

Both times I have been to Jamaica have been interesting experiences. The second time we went my husband informed me that some crew members from the ship told him about this off-the-beaten path place to go where there is an amazing waterfall and beach area…so, of course, off we headed. It was just Jonathan, Cody and I. We took a cab and were dropped off on the side of the rode. We then hiked down a hill to a deserted beach area where we ran into a beach-dwelling, dreadlock wearing, pipe-smoking local. We continued our journey to this mysterious place and after a little bit of a walk found the elusive waterfall. It was beautiful, it was secluded and we thought we were alone. As we enjoyed the waterfall I saw something coming from the woods-it was an entire Jamaican family and they were coming to take their showers-they brought their soap and shampoo and they did their thing. We were then joined by a Jamaican couple enjoying their daily swim and smoke and we kindly took their picture for them when she handed me her camera. Both times I have ventured to Jamaica we have never done the tourist thing and it has always been an adventure. Needless to say I do not take my camera into Jamaica (my husband will tell you stories about when he had to duck and cover due to gun fire!) So, I brought a disposable camera with me and took a few shots. I think the quality would have been better had I not forgotten about the camera for over a year and finally got the film developed, but regardless they are our memories and here are a few I wanted to share.

One of the Jamaican’s that decided to join us.And there is our ship…