Friday 3-21-08
As the telephone rang unexpectedly to wake us at 5:30 a.m., I thought “Can’t remember placing that wake-up call – did you honey…?”
I picked up the phone and the conversation went like this:
Me: “Hello?”
Caller: “You up?”
Me “Uh… yeah, I’m up!”
Caller: “Ok.”
Click.
We imagined what the conversation might be like for the caller and his callee that went on later as the caller knocked on the door of the callee: Caller: "Let's get going, bud! I called and you said you were up!”
Callee: "Zzzzzzzzzzzzz"
A blessing in disguise, headed out through the courtyard:
Courtyard:
...to the beach with my spare $2.00 Wal Mart flip-flops as reservation markers to place on some chairs for later that day. The sunrise was spectacular, as there were about 15-20 people milling about on the beach.
Sunrise 1
Sunrise 2
You know how you see a fellow vacationer early on in your trip, then see them everywhere for the rest of your stay? I saw mine that morning. A mom and her kids whose accent suggested they were from New York were on the beach reserving their chairs too. Shortly after that I went on walkabout to familiarize myself with my surroundings – great resort, spacious walkways, beautiful landscaping, pools and fountains, daily schedule posted by the pool:
...and, hey, we’re on vacation so ANYPLACE would have been outstanding at this point! So nice to experience the peace of the morning – we did this again a few days later and I highly recommend a Sunrise Saunter as well as a Midnight Mosey. Some early morning pics:
Lobby 1
Lobby 2
Map
Lobby towards pool
Pool back towards lobby & fountain: Buffet on left, La Bamba on right:
Pool looking over our building at the sunrise:
