Solomans Island

Well our first weekend in the States is also Columbus Day weekend. We decided to drive the 10 mins over to Solomans Island for a bit of a break from all the required retail therapy. A few points to note:

1. It's been 80 degrees since we arrived with not a cloud in the sky (pic 1)

2. There was a most random parade 15 minutes after our arrival (we believe that the two events are not linked).

3. The parade photos are the first in the other new regular blog feature - 'Only in America' (pic 2-4).

4. Olivia wanted to show of her new sunglasses whilst Eloise was desperate to get seen in her new 'witches hat pushchair' (pic 5).

5. We went to a great crab and oyster 'shack'. Only bad news is that 'is there nothing Olivia doesn't like that we do?' (previous post).

6. America, land of the big sky and great sunsets...(previous post)

FOD - Columbus Day celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas, specifically the Bahamas, which occurred on October 12, 1492 in the Julian calendar and October 21, 1492 in the modern Gregorian calendar. 47 States celebrate Columbus day, Hawaii celebrates it's discovery by polynesians and South Dakota and Nevada celebrate 'Native American Day'.