Day Two of Our Visit to Grand CaymanCayman Flag
Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park - and more. (Friday)

Grand Cayman Map

On the second day we had breakfast at home and then drove to the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park. It was only about 15 minutes away from our home and I never once drove on the right side of the road. (you can see the park's location by the gold star on the map above just east of the middle road) We took well over 100 pictures in the park, and here are a sample.

Family At Park.......Rachel and Big Plant

This picture of our family group was taken by Bonnie as we entered the Botanic Park. Soon we discovered many plants that are natural to the island in their original state. The cactus next to Rachel was exceptionally large.

Blue Iguana.......Iguana In Tree

 

The Cayman Islands are famous for the many lizards and iguanas that live there. We saw many of the Blue Iguanas both on the ground and in trees. They get to be four feet long and believe it or not, they can run pretty fast too. The Grand Cayman Blue iguana is one of the rarest lizards in the world and is found only on Grand Cayman.

Little Blue Heron.......Cuban Parrot

 

We saw many birds as well. Here is what looks like a little blue heron. The bird in the tree is a Cayman subspecies of the Cuban Parrot. It is the national bird of the Cayman Islands. I am not sure it would be good to tell Norman about the parrots on Grand Cayman. While he might enjoy the freedom they have, he does have a pretty good life in our home and with his friends in our neighborhood who are taking care of him while we are gone.

Rachel and Pretty Bushes.......Lovely Picture

Rachel is walking down a path with many beautiful plants and flowers. It is amazing the variety of plants, both native and we assume, not native. There are so many other pictures that I would love to share, but time does not allow more than this sample.

You will be happy to know that when we got back home, ate lunch and I worked on this page (didn't finish then) I finally took a big dip in the waters outside our home. Everyone was in the water and it was a bit scary at first, but once I was in the water we had fun and noticed how nice it was to have the whole Caribbean Sea - at least as far as we could see - to ourselves. A sting ray swam right past some of the others and me and it was soon joined by a good sized fish that just sort of adopted it and swam only inches above it for as long as we could see them. Everyone was following them and watching the strange sight.

Later we had supper, the boys went looking for ghost crabs, we cleaned up and then the boys went to bed. We talked and worked with computers for a while (we brought a total of three with us - the house has WiFi), played a team game - The McNetts against the Eichers and then went to bed. As Rachel is already sleeping, I will send this and get some sleep myself to be ready for the events tomorrow.

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Day 2: Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park - and more. (Friday)
Day 3: Swim with 20 to 25 stingrays and near-by coral area with lots of fish and a morey eel. (Saturday)
Day 4: Turtles, Pirate Cave and the city of George Town (Sunday)
Days 5, 6, 7: Mastic Trail, Blow Holes, Driving the East Side of the Island, Swimming & Going Home (Mon. Tue. Wed.)