Cayman Islands - Day 3

Today we didn't really have any plans since we had no car and hadn't yet gotten a chance to go through all of our tourist office materials, so we decided to just spend the day relaxing on the beach. Doug wanted to go into Georgetown to a camera shop to pick up a new lens cap, so he took the bus down with Jared to run his errand. Sarah and Jamie walked over to the grocery store, Foster's Food Fair, to get some bare essentials since they couldn't carry much back without a car. On the way back we all seemed to run into each other on the West Bay Road sidewalk, also encountering Del, Linda and Andrew on their way for some homemade, fresh donuts.
Once back at the condo we unloaded our groceries and had a leisurely breakfast, then sunscreened up and headed down to our beach chairs. We pulled a few chairs and two umbrellas down to the water's edge and relaxed a few hours away...luckily the jellyfish count was slim to none today so we could swim in peace!
The boys all headed down the beach around noon to check out waverunners, with extra high hopes they'd be cheap. Disappointment abounded as they were $200/hour for a double and we'd need three of them...but once again, Del and Linda stepped up and without hesitation agreed to pay for them. We got our names on the list to take them out at 3:30 and waited eagerly for that time to roll around. In the meantime Sarah made grilled cheese sandwiches for Doug and Jared and we hung out in the condo for awhile, heading out just before it was time to go down to Red Sail Sports and have some fun.
After reapplying sunscreen we all trapsed down the beach and signed the necessary paperwork, hefting on tacky yellow lifejackets but not caring a bit. Sarah took Amanda on her waverunner and Doug took Alexander, Jared driving his own since he would've had to be 18 to drive a passenger. The boys spent most of their time racing each other, but Sarah couldn't go fast since Amanda's drive for thrill seeking isn't too keen =] They spent most of the time cruising, watching the boys, and doing donuts in the clear water. At one point Jared spotted a sea turtle or two and we crowded around to check it out, but got warned by the staff that we had to stay 100 yards apart at all times. With that we all headed in to pick up new passengers. Kerri got on to drive Alexander, Doug took Andrew, and Jared snuck off with Sarah as his passenger despite the rule against it. That worked out for awhile, but soon after Jared's driving sent them both flying off the waverunner and into the water, the staff came out and made them switch drivers. Overall the hourlong waverunner session was really fun for everybody, even for the watchers (party poopers) on the beach.
Back at our home stretch of beach, we headed inside for a little relaxation and then went back out, armed with Sarah's iPod player. It quite abruptly began to pour down rain, so all electronics were hidden in Kerri's stroller as the huge drops fell and we all took refuge in the warm water of the sea. We waited out the storm, which lasted for about 40 minutes, and then headed back inside to dry off. Soon after all of our adventures on the high seas, we were all feeling pretty hungry so we headed out to the road to pick up our new rental cars and go out to dinner.
With the rain abated, we headed a little ways down West Bay Road to an outdoor restaurant called Coconut Joe's, situated around a central 100-year-old tree. The menus were a crack-up, offering such oddities as "Monkey Bones" and "Monkey Wings" and jumping at every opportunity to make a corny joke. The food was excellent though; Doug ordered his second plate of fish and chips along with another pina colada smoothie, and Sarah had a mango smoothie with a veggie rice bowl. After some clowning around and an overindulgence on 2-4-1 mudslides by the parental/grandparental units of the group, we headed back to our condos for a relaxing and uneventful night, marred only by the lack of proper dessert (we had to settle for Coco Krispies).