Added some photos and comments

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I added 5 photos I took from my standard 35mm film camera. It was all I had when Dad picked us up from the airport in St. Lucia, since Bubba chomped on our little digital camera like it was one of his chew toys and we had to send it to get it repaired again and it wasn't back from the shop by the time we went on our vacation. I had to take these spectacular photos. Take a look!

We have our camera back now, after almost three months in Toronto while they were waiting for parts. It's a Minolta X50, cute, compact camera. Unfortunately Minolota's camera and photo business has been taken over by Sony. This happened at the same time we sent our camera in for repairs causing a long delay for the repair company in receiving parts.

The great news is, three months later, we received what looks like a brand new camera for less than $180. Bubba only chomped on the LCD screen and the viewfinder. And we've learned a valuable lesson, from now on we're paranoid about keeping it far out if his reach. I check every single day. I wish I remembered to do the same thing with my sandals at the back door. Oh well.

More good news...

I have lots of new photos to share with everyone. Bear with me while I upload them to my computer (done), add captions (still to do), and post them for everyone to see (still to do). I have a few good photos from Ryan's wedding at the end of July and more pics from our long weekend with the Tkach's on Mudge Island in August.

Keep tuning in and thanks for the comments.

The Sunshine Isle

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I love St. Lucia. What's not to love about the Sunshine Isle? It's the best place to do nothing, explore, meet locals, meet tourists, eat fresh fish and tandoori, scuba dive, take a catamaran and see dolphins and sperm whales, drink Piton, and lie on the beach and swim in the sea.

Kevin and I spent two weeks there at the end of May to celebrate Kevin's 40th birthday and our 4th anniversary. If you haven't heard the surprise part of the story, check my last blog post, as they say.

We had a great holiday, the best ever, if I do say so myself! We did so much and so little at the same time. The highlight was the Rainforest Cable Ride. We were high from the exhiliration of it all for hours afterwards. Amazing! I was also mesmerized by the abundant food-bearing trees everywhere, especially in my Dad's backyard. He had an avocado, an almond, a couple of coconut and two mango trees.

I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. I'm planning on adding captions to the Photo Album over the next couple of weeks so check back every once in a while to catch up. Also they seem to have uploaded in no particular order so I'll do my best to reorganize them when I add the captions.

Happy Photo Gawking!