Thursday, October 12 (Pat)

Ron got up before I did since I slept in ‘til almost 9am. Had some coffee and a banana and we went down to the café for some breakfast. Ron had an omlette and I had the French toast with bacon and fruit. Both were very good. We came back to the suite and Ron worked on the computer while I read.

It was much cloudier today with rough seas and bigger waves hitting the beach. A number of people were out on the beach enjoying jumping the big waves. Early afternoon there was a rain shower. Ron checked out the car rental and at 3pm we went down and completed the paperwork and checked out our little white Hyundai Getz. Just the right size to get around in. We got our stuff and headed into Phillipsburg.

We found a place to park near an RBCC bank and the government building. Our goal was to find an underwater flashlight, get some Guavaberry liqueurs, and get wi-fi access. We didn’t manage any of them. We found the Water World place in the marina area but the only submersible flashlight they had was $50. I nixed that idea.

We walked up the boardwalk to find a place to eat and stopped at Taloula Mango’s. They had wi-fi card access and an interesting menu so we picked a table along the boardwalk and sat down. I was gung-ho for the Spinach salad but they were out of spinach. We were also going to share the egg rolls and they were out of them as well. So Ron ordered the Margherita pizza and a Mango margarita. I went with the Thai cobb salad and water. Just after the food came it started to rain. Ron had purchased a half-day smart wi-fi card and was getting the computer going. We picked everything up and moved inside to a table to get out of the rain. The pizzas and salad were good. Mine had chicken strips so it was a good meal. There were two black and white kittens about 3-4 months old running around that were very cute. They were friendly and belonged with the restaurant. After we finished we moved over to a table with plug-in next to it and tried to get the wi-fi access. Before long it started pouring rain. That cleared out the boardwalk as everyone ran for cover. Unfortunately, the rain may have been messing up the wi-fi signal as we couldn’t get it to come up and get connected.

About 6pm we left and headed back to the car. The shops were closing up and the Guavaberry Emporium was closed. We made our way around water puddles to the car. Tried again to get wi-fi access – no luck. So we headed back along Back Street and went back to the Belair. More reading. About 7:40 we had the urge for some dessert – chocolate – so we went down to the Gingerbread Café. I ordered the chocolate brownie with ice cream and Ron had the chocolate mouse cake with ice cream. Yummmm! Spent 40 minutes on the internet and back to the suite for some more reading and journaling. Hopefully back to a sunny day for our last full day at the Belair tomorrow.