A Day in Town

We’d run out of butter and milk, and were down to half a box of cereal, so it was time to make a trip into town. Not bad considering we’ve been here for almost two weeks. First, though, we had an early wake-up call (5:45 from Ezra) due to the early bedtime instituted so I could catch the latest episode of Newsroom last night. Getting up that early is no fun, but getting up to this view is.

It was cool and breezy, so I opened up the upstairs, put on Sprout for Ezra and laid down for a few more minutes of sleep.

About 10:30 we started getting organized for the 11:30 water taxi to take us to town — insulated cooler bags, frozen coke bottles, regular bags for groceries, a crate, sunscreen, sunglasses … it’s a production. And it was raining off and on, so we were hoping to get a dry boat ride. On the way out to the dock, we saw this guy hanging out, getting a little sun while it lasted.

The clouds weren’t very threatening. In fact, the sky was beautiful and we made it into town without a drop of rain. (We got rained on while we were in town, but by that time it was a nice cooling off.)

Once off the boat, we walked up the beach to Wild Mango for lunch.

The boys got fruit punch drinks with cocktail umbrellas — their favorite.

After a great lunch, our tour of town included Captain Sharks (flippers for the boys), a hardware store, fruit/vegetable stands, Super Buy grocery store and more. Definitely cause for a cold Fanta in the golf cart.

Oh, and speaking of the golf cart, in true Belizean fashion the keys are on a bottle opener key chain.

We stopped here for fresh tortillas; must have another taco night soon.

The boys got a kick out of watching the soda/beer truck making deliveries.

After a stop at Manelly’s for some ice cream, we headed to the dock to catch the water taxi home. Ezra took his now-usual perch at the front of the boat.

None of us could wait to get into the pool. The boys got nakey swimming time and the chance to try out their new flippers.

What cute little white butts!