This trip was a bonus, since our 3 year old grandson was hospitalized during our January stay (he's fully recovered!) and we had to rush home. Although our deposit at Mary's Boon was non-refundable, they offered us a voucher, good for a year and Lesley was able to reschedule our car rental, so we decided to come in June rather than the winter as is our usual time, as we could not make it back before a year if we tried for the winter. Trip down was uneventful and Lesley was waiting for us as usual with the car... a couple of minutes to sign paperwork and we were off!!

After dropping our bags and changing clothes, we went to Dany's at Cupecoy for a rum punch, our favorite, and saw sand on that beach for the first time. We stayed for a while and then headed back to Mary's Boon. We have a King Studio upstairs and it's not luxurious, but it's very clean and "islandy" - perfectly fine for our needs. Staff has been lovely. The sargassum is horrible here at the moment, but we know (hope!) that will pass... we are here for 11 nights. We enjoy going all around the islands to beaches, so we had not planned to camp out here anyway, so not a big problem. I'm not sure if it's because we are on the 2nd floor, or the direction of the wind, but there is no smell when we are outside on our "balcony".

We headed out on Monday to just drive until we found a good beach. First stop was at Mullet and it looked perfect. We chose chairs toward the rocky end of the beach because of the easy, sloping entry to the water there. It looked like a cliff in front of Rosie's and a lot more wind and choppy water toward Kalatua. We split a Philly cheesesteak sandwich and fries for lunch at Da Waterhole and it was good and plenty of food. We got there early and got lovely first row chairs and stayed until early afternoon when we felt we had too much sun for our first day. We went to the bar to get our drinks, rather than chair service - but I actually prefer it because there's no problem bringing your own cooler with drinks. Back to The Boon for a quick dip in the pool and resting until dinner.

Food: The first night we just split a cheeseburger and fries in the bar at Mary's Boon as we had been eating all day in airport lounges and on the plane and weren't really very hungry. The moon rise was stunning... my picture doesn't do it justice! Last night we decided to try Altro in Porto Cupecoy. This may have been reported earlier, but they have raised their prices and dropped the service charge, which I think will serve them better in the long run...The Prix fixe menu was $39 and my husband got an a la carte filet for $36 (he got the crab cake with slaw as an appetizer and very much enjoyed it as well). I got the prix fixe - Lobster Bisque (slightly thinner than I'm used to, but very good), slow cooked beef with horseradish (like an upscale pot roast, but very tasty!), and the chocolate-coconut mousse, also good. Our meal plus two cocktails and bottled water was $114 plus tip. Very reasonable for what we got (I'd read that portions were small, but I couldn't eat all of mine) and we will definitely return.

PS... Carol, I included a pic of the chair placement at Mullet for you, since you typically ask!