A hop, skip, and a lunch

There were more points to be had in 2018 and we got them! It was purely a point mission with enough time to get lunch in each place, begging the question, "how far will this family go for lunch?"

We first went to Dominica. Dominica was hit hard by Hurricane Maria and is still recovering but is very much open to tourists and visitors. At the bed and breakfast where we had lunch, the owners had been off island when the hurricane hit and upon return had to walk two days to get to their property. They suffered minimal damage compared to the rest of the island. Our brief stay overlooked the mountains and curvy mountain roads of the island. Rain storms moved quickly in and out and it was super windy.

From Dominica, we flew back to Barbados via Antigua. We were only in the airport but saw as many sights as possible.* First stop, obviously, a fort.

 Next, the coast to see the waves come crashing in.

 We took a break and waited for Dad's ship to come in.

 Then relaxed some more on the beach.

When we finally returned to the airport, Dad continued his quest for the perfect magnet and I continued my passion to try on hats.**

Our next day trip was to Grenada. As we learned at our lunch locale, Grenada's latitude is 12 degrees north. That was about all we learned, to be honest. The fish and chips were delicious and the bay was beautiful and wikipedia attempted to explain to us the 1983 US invasion.***

Dad did take a brief foray into body building, like ya do.

We had a slight delay on the way home but if there are two people equipped to hang out in an airport for an extra 45 minutes, it's these two.

This ends the country counting for 2018 bringing Dad to a total of 90 and me to 142. 

Since it's the new year and you, devoted reader, have come this far, we'll end the year with a few quotes from Dad.

(Unprompted) "I don't think I could have been a sailor back in the 1700s."

"Do you know what 'Liat'**** spells backwards?"

And finally, "maybe they'll have a big tree we can take our picture in front of!"*****

I hope you all have a wonderful new year and safe travels into 2019!
-KT

*Never before has there been as good a sport as Dad who was photo directed all over the airport.

**Sadly, AT had already headed home and was unavailable to try on hats. Oh, but she did put this one on in Barbados the other day . . .

***You can google it. This isn't that kind of blog.

****We are not sponsored by Liat but they did fly us everywhere. And if anyone from Liat is reading this, we are very open to being sponsored by Liat. We are also open to being sponsored by just about anyone that wants to fly us around the world. In a totally non-creepy way, obvs.

*****I never knew he was so passionate about Christmas trees before this trip.