Thanksgiving - Turks and Caicos

Since 2006, we have been spending almost every Thanksgiving with our dear friends the Grays and the Hansons. The kids look forward to this tradition every year. This year we decided to head for the islands! We had enjoyed an amazing seven days at Beaches in Turks and Caicos, where the water is really the amazing turquoise blue it is in the pictures. And the resort has so much that you can't get bored.



The resort has 10 pools, all with different features and amazingly warm temperatures, including great water slides, surf simulators, swim up pool bars, waterfalls, and hot tubs. The kids spent at least 8 hours a day (and night) in the pool. Presley did come back to the states with swimmer's ear. But I don't think she would trade it for less time in the pool.







We also spent time on the beach every day. The resort had unlimited use of kayaks, snorkeling, diving, waterbikes, hobie sailing, trampolines, etc. Ron and Trisha went diving one day and we saw sharks and lobsters. The whole family went snorkeling on a reef off the shore where we saw sea turtles, sand fish, and beautiful grouper fish. Mom and the kids enjoyed kayaking and waterbiking. Trisha went running almost every morning on the beautiful coastline. But mostly, we played in the sand and water and enjoyed nightly sunsets with Ron and Eric's guitars.





One of the highlights of the trip was chartering a sailing boat to take us around the island. We took the boat out to one of the reefs where we went snorkeling and then headed to an uninhabited island for some some swimming and exploring! A great day!





The resort has about 20 restaurants. Our goal was to eat at everyone of them. We didn't quite hit each one but we had some amazing group dinners. One of our favorites was the hibachi where Eric got the servers and our group up and dancing. Another favorite was our breakfast at the Sky Restaurant, which had an amazing view of the coastline.




Great trip with great friends and great memories! Until next year!