Mollusks? & Life Lessons: Family Visit Day 3

Tuesday morning we headed to Pandy beach. One of my favorites.

I don't think I will ever get sick of these waves movies I take (or my Dad takes).

My parents had a good laugh when they saw the sea glass literally littering the shore. The glass that was yesterday so elusive, was sitting in plain sight. Haha. 

There is lots of interesting sea glass, but I like the alternative route. Finding stuff that isn't sea glass. I'm never really happy until I find something to impress my parents (see: Urchel), and I am happy to report I found a real stumper!



What is that thing?! A mollusk of sorts? The curious thing, as you might be able to see, is that it is wrapped around the branch. I found it on the shore, dry. The little thing is dry and hard like a shell. There was another one, just a few inches down on the branch. And after a little more walking on the beach I found another one, near a branch, but not attached. My dad has since brought it back to CA and gave it to his marine biologist friends. I will keep you updated, since I know you are waiting with bated breath.

One of my favorite things of the past week since my parents left is finding these little Daddy The Science Guy gems from his videos I snagged.

Tuesday we also had the honor of Ross's presence. He hasn't been slacking nearly enough, so I'm trying to remind him how to do that. If there is one thing Ross will skip studying for, it's snorkeling. Snorkels, masks, and fins in flipper hand we headed to Groom's Beach.

Pretty big fans of the beach.



We traded off snorkeling, swimming, and lounging.

Ross and I decided to climb around on the rocks. 

 

We saw a dude snorkeling in the water just in front of us, and then the man tried to get our attention. We couldn't understand what he was saying, but his pushy and adamant tone made it seem important. After a few moments of listening over the waves we understood. He was telling us not to climb on the rocks because the whole cliffside could come crashing down on us at any moment.

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Typical Grenada. Love it or hate it, Grenadians have a way of parenting all children, even if those children are adults. Even if that cliffside would also probably crush him, seeing as how he was swimming about ten feet from where we were walking.

Confused, we wandered back to sandy, less perilous shores. He made sure to track us down, get out of the water, and give Ross a talkin' too!

I've immortalized his words in text so that we never forget his sage advice:

We ended the day at Grille Master. An inexpensive, rather delicious, fast-food type place. "Fast-food type" because, this is the Caribbean after all. I got a cordon bleu burger which was delicious, but I think all of us ended up envying Ross's jerk chicken wrap. Another awesome day of vacation!

Sea Electronics and Other Treasures

Monday, December 23rd

This is my face every morning when I wake up and realize Rissa is still here.



Awesome!!!!

Monday was a nice chill day. Rissa had a lot of sleep to catch up on.

Later in the day we headed towards St. George's, on reggage bus of course. We stopped at Pandy Beach. It's one of my favorites. I blogged about it before here. One of the great things about the beaches here, is that they are all quite different. Pandy is a great beach to collect sea glass and other fun ocean treasures.

I was super grateful for the sunny skies! It is supposed to be rainy all Christmas day, so I will enjoy the sun while it lasts. And so will Rissa, the little mermaid.

 Pandy, like many beaches, is just very relaxing. It's usually pretty calm, and today there was no one else on the beach. It was awesome.

Rissa loved all the tiny tiny shells in the sand, she is so beautiful!

I spent my fair share of time browsing for sea glass. It's like window shopping, but in the sand. Sand shopping for the best pieces. :)

Rissa found a bit of "sea electronics" from and old computer or something or other, and we gave it to Ross so he could have a treasure too. 

I didn't even notice the footprints in this one!

After I took the above picture, I turned 180 degrees and took this one. You can see the Carenage, and through the point is a tunnel to go downtown.

Which was exactly where our next adventure was.
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Pandy Beach and Sea Glass

More Christmas Break exploring! Friday morning (12/28/2012). Ross and I decided to take a bit of a longer stroll. Like I mentioned before, I love walking and getting out and I am forever grateful that Ross enjoys/likes/puts up with/tolerates/indulges my need to be out and about. This time we walked "all the way" to Pandy beach. When I told people most of them thought I was pretty crazy. It was only about a 45 minute walk there which was way better then what I thought it would be.

Here are some fun signs we saw along the way.















Everyone is Kirani Krazy! And I don't blame them, a country's first Olympic gold medalist is pretty cool.

Ross and I were pretty excited to see "Ross Point Complex."

Neither of us had ever been to Pandy beach, so it was cool to check it out. I heard that it was a pretty good beach to collect sea glass. Well, to be honest I heard mixed reviews. Some said it was awful, some said it was amazing. I guess I filed it away in my head as "pretty good" to sort of compromise. Haha.

View of Pandy beach north:

View of Pandy beach south:

I was pleasantly surprised! There was lots of sea glass for picking. Sea glass, is just broken glass that has tumbled around in the ocean until it is weathered and smooth. It doesn't sound glamorous but I am officially smitten.

I guess I always need to take Ross with me because he is pretty good at finding rare pieces. There is definitely a hierarchy of sea glass.

As you might guess, the green, white and brown are most common because those are popular colors used by bottling companies for soft drinks and beer etc. I love the tiny little dark/ bright blue colors. Those are fun to look for because they are so rare so you feel like you've hit the jackpot when you find one.

This article about sea glass is interesting because it explains where the different colors come from. It mentions that pink is extremely rare because it often comes from Great Depression-era plates. Pretty cool. Challenge accepted!

In the middle of the picture you can see some random shells Ross and I found. Among them are a couple of EC coins worn smooth, some even have holes in them. Sea coins I call them, clever and intuitive right?