Weekend Getaway

Last week while Charlie was away on a 10 day

trip to northern Mozambique, I decided

that it was time for the two of us to get away

without the children for a few days. So I picked

a destination, figured out what to do with the children,

made the reservations and told him that when he got home

from his trip we'd be leaving again the next a.m..

When he got home on Thursday night I told him where

we'd be going the next day (he was thrilled) and I told

him to pack his shorts, t-shirts and fishing gear.

Friday a.m. after running several errands, we headed

out of town to this place..... Nascer do Sol.

Do you see anybody on that beach? We only saw

a few people the whole weekend! It was lovely.

Charlie in the kitchen of our cabin.

We took all of our own food....which was so

strange to only cook (and clean up) for two.

The front of the cabin

The back porch that

overlooked the sea.

Each cabin is named for a sea creature

The view from our porch

Our first meal.....steak!

They were so good and so big we couldn't finish them.

Like our fancy grill? The management provides

the grate.....and the bricks. :-)

Full moon on our first night there

Dinner on our 2nd night - hamburgers and

roasted veggies. The view was spectacular.

We just kept thanking God for such a

beautiful place and that we were there alone!!

Charlie's double decker burger.

Since Charlie was gone for Valentine's Day I

took a red velvet cake with us so we could

celebrate late. It was delish. BTW, I used

Pioneer Woman's recipe....it was a bit dry.

Just saying. That's why we added extra icing.

Besides eating, we spent time on the beach

(slathered up with sunscreen, of course)

Looking UP at he camera really helps reduce

the double or triple chin.

Charlie ready to fish from the rocks.

We walked way down the beach to that

spot on the right of the photo.

He didn't catch a thing but he

enjoyed getting his hook wet.

While he was fishing I was exploring

all of these really cool tide pools.

A skinny starfish maybe?

A green crab....one of thousands

An eel. We saw several that day.

This will go down as one of our favorite

mini-vacations. We talked, slept, watched

movies, took walks, ate, talked, read, listened to

music, ate some more, prayed, talked some more.

The only other people we talked to were the

cleaning folks who were there for just a few

minutes each morning. We didn't even mind

when some clouds rolled in. And we never

got tired of looking at this view.

MANY THANKS to the good friends who took

care of our children while we were gone!