{"id":3351,"date":"2017-04-20T18:14:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T23:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=3351"},"modified":"2017-04-20T18:14:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T23:14:23","slug":"dad-in-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/?p=3351","title":{"rendered":"Dad in town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the great pleasures about being in Cayman is to have guests over. I recently had the privilege of having my dad over for a week. \u00a0Its obviously different from &#8220;back home&#8221; where we see our friends and family for a day or less most of the time. So when in Cayman, we get to spend lots of quality time with our loved ones and in a great place.<\/p>\n<p>I also got to discover something new about my 77 year old dad: The man is a snorkeling manic! \u00a0He had only snorkeled once in his life before (in Cayman a few years back, but not in ideal conditions) This time we did it right and started with easy stuff and moved on to bigger and better snorkeling. \u00a0What a great time we had!<\/p>\n<p>Here is a great shot of us in the very calm waters that week-end &#8211; we were really lucky as the conditions were close to perfection. Although he&#8217;s a good swimmer, I insisted he wear a life vest for which he did not put up much of a fuss \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/GOPR1406-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3352\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/GOPR1406-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/GOPR1406-001.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/GOPR1406-001-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also got to see some lovely turtles at Spotts Beach<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/GOPR1532.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3356\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/GOPR1532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/GOPR1532.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/GOPR1532-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/GOPR1556.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3357\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/GOPR1556.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/GOPR1556.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/GOPR1556-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As well as all kinds of coral formations with plenty of fish!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/GOPR1558.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3358\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/GOPR1558.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/GOPR1558.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/GOPR1558-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a short video of him snorkeling at Cemetery Beach &#8211; with all the fish around, its easy to see why he had such a good time.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2-qbi6Sce5U?ecver=1\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What do to after all that exercise in the water? \u00a0Head over to CayBrew for a cold beer of course \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_20170324_153332-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3355\" src=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_20170324_153332-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_20170324_153332-001.jpg 480w, https:\/\/micho.org\/cayblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/IMG_20170324_153332-001-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We our course went to the beach, the Crystal caves, a Sunday brunch, the Submarine,etc. \u00a0Essentially to many of the things residents don&#8217;t really do unless we have friends or family in town. Of course, each time i&#8217;m more than happy to do them all over again and again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the great pleasures about being in Cayman is to have guests over. I recently had the privilege of having my dad over for a week. \u00a0Its obviously different from &#8220;back home&#8221; where we see our friends and family for a day or less most of the time. 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