JuliaBlog

When we were in Belize in February, dad caught a big frog one night while Julia was asleep and showed it to her in the morning. After Julia studied it for a while, she let the frog go.

Julia loves the water so much. Our "villa" in Belize (February 2008) had a lovely pool. She practiced with her snorkel before we went out to the reef.




We went snorkeling twice during the trip. Julia was totally intrepid. She jumped right in the water, put her face down and started kicking. We had practiced with the snorkel during swim classes at home, and she knew just what to do.

The outfitter set her up with a life preserver. He had her on a string so she couldn't drift away, since the water was pretty choppy. She saw lots of cool stuff - rays, sharks, and loads of colorful fish.

Sharks and fish.

Captain Scott.

During our trip to Belize (February 2008), we got up very early one morning to visit Mayan ruins on the mainland. The first leg of our journey was by boat. Don't Julia and Uncle Scott look a lot alike in this picture?

We were tired, but happy.

After the boat, there was a van, airplane and another long drive in a van to our destination. Belize City was interesting and the countryside was beautiful. At the ruins we took a very small ferry across a river, then walked. Six months later (my "blogging" skills are flawed...), I'm ashamed to say that I can't remember the name of the ruins. They were impressive...and we could see Nicaragua from the top of the pyramid. Soldiers were patrolling the area, since it is apparently under dispute.


Our little explorer.

It was a hot, muggy day, but we managed to get to the top of the pyramid for some wonderful views. Uncle Scott and Julia took a break.

We were pretty nervous about Julia's safety, since there were no railings at at the top.

Scott at the bottom of the pyramid.

I look so small.

After the ruins we had another big adventure, cave tubing. It was a blazing hot, but the river water was cool and the caves were mysterious and beautiful. Unfortunately I forgot the waterproof camera so this part of our adventure wasn't documented. Scott gave Julia lift on the way home (van, plane, van, boat...).