Our room at Lindbergh Bay was ready. The room was a little hard to find, but they upgraded us to a villa. It was a nice room with comfy chairs and a sofa. Too bad the little plunge pool outside wasn’t working.
We were really hungry so we quickly changed clothes and got the free shuttle to the sister resort for lunch. We lucked into an Easter buffet with fish, jerk chicken, beef, ham, mac and cheese, sweet potatoes, salad, slaw, potato salad, rice and peas, plantains, johnnycake, juice, and dessert. Just what we needed! It looked like there were lots of locals there enjoying brunch after Easter services. At least they were dressed for church! Then we sat on the nice sandy beach with clear water.
We asked at the desk for a store nearby. We never found the Happy View market she gave us directions to, but we did stumble on a Pueblo market, where we bought Coors Light because it was easy to carry, plus water, rum, and passionfruit juice. We declined a taxi ride back. It was a hot, sweaty slog back, but not terrible. Maybe we should have splurged on the taxi! We made dinner of kettle chips and Coors since we weren’t that hungry, then sat on the balcony until the mosquitos drove us indoors. It was nice to be able to sit indoors away from bugs in the AC and put my feet up.
I got hit with a ton of bug bites on this trip. They didn’t hurt or itch horribly, but they did look awful! Aloe seemed to help. I believe they’re sand fleas or sand flies. (Note: The bites took WEEKS to fade away.) There are lots of cats around here and a few lizards. And an office chair below the balcony. And a freighter off the coast that hasn’t moved since we got here.