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Bahama Mama

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Bahama Mamma

Some people consider me very lucky, but I just see it as a trip to

Grandma’s house. Yes, that’s right…my Grandparents live in Bahamas. Others may give

their right hand to go there, but to me it’s just a plane ticket away. That’s where I

went this summer…… and the summer before that…… and the summer before that. But

what made it special this time around was that I got to bring my friend, Courtney,

with me and there were no parents! Imagine that…a whole week without parents. It

was just my brother, Kyle, Courtney, and I together all week. I’ve never had so much

fun before. To clue you in, my week went a little something like this…

We arrived in the main harbor of Abaco, Bahamas on Sunday afternoon.

From there, my Grandparents took us to their tiny island of Hopetown. Hopetown is a

place where everyone knows everyone, and the houses have names such as “Rocky Bay”,

instead of numbers. Their town consists of the maximum of about 20 stores and

people get around the island by cruising in the golf cart. It’s like a little taste of

heaven you could say. We got everything settled in by Sunday night and Grandma made

her famous dish of delicious homemade spaghetti (my brothers favorite). We were all

exhausted from the plane trip, so we called it a night and went to sleep, preparing for

our exciting tomorrow.

Monday morning, I was awoken by the sound of the exhilarating ocean at

my ears. I turned and smiled at Courtney and said, “Are you ready for this?” and she

replied “More than you know!” Grandma cooked us some bacon, eggs, and homemade

cinnamon bread for our breakfast. We couldn’t wait to get out there, so Grandma took

us on a trip of the town and showed us around. The hurricane that came through their

island last year destroyed everything, so they had to almost start over from scratch.

The town lo...

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