Bella Stays Busy

Douglas Penland and Jimmy Poloni, the Belizean Shores team, won the 8th Annual Lagoon Reef Eco Challenge out of 27 teams participating. (No ladies entered the competition this year.) Forty-five MILES of kayaking!  First prize was $3,000 BZ and a gift certificate to Wine de Vine. I imagine that gift certificate has already been cashed in. Great job, guys, and congratulations!

(I tried out the kayaking, strictly non-competitively, of course. I found the hardest part was keeping my hair dry.)

By the way, if you're interested in what our little town looks like, here's a link to a golf cart ride through San Pedro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMqx5gw6jSs&feature=player_embedded#!   

If you imagine the golf cart going five times faster, you'll have some idea what it was like riding with Aunt Honey's daughter, Taylor. We thought of her a couple of nights ago when we were stopped at a checkpoint where the police were checking drivers' licenses. You got lucky, Taylor!

To follow up on an earlier post, Belize’s Celia Mahung, the Executive Director of the Toledo Institute for Development and Environment, was the recipient of the MAPFRE Foundation Environmental award presented recently in Madrid, Spain. 300 applicants vied for the prize of 30,000 euros! I told you before it was a big deal!

Conroy and the Scout Rangers

And here's a shout out to the Scout Rangers of San Pedrito neighborhood. These boys stay plenty busy and out of trouble under the care of Conroy Campbell. Thanks, Conroy, for all your hard work, also. 

We said goodbye to the Larson's on Saturday and are preparing for Grandma Jane to return this Thursday. Her daughter Allison joins us for Memorial Day. And faithful reader Velvet is still trying to find bunk space with us, but the calendar seems to be filled up for the near future. Hang in there, Velvet!  For whatever reasons, we just didn't seem to be so popular until we got the house right ON the Caribbean.

View from Belizean Shores Resort

Y'all come visit. We'll hang out at Belizean Shores with Doug and Jimmy and Celia and Conroy, then spend our gift certificate at Wine de Vine. You're gonna love Belize!