We departed last out of Missoula, on our way to Belize! Evan and I spent our several hour layover playing pool and drinking microbrews in the Salt Lake Airport. Not a bad way to start our vacation! The overnight flight to Atlanta was rough, not much sleep and a pretty upset baby sitting in front of us. After a short snooze in the Atlanta airport, …

We woke this morning to the sound of a howler monkey, in the trees above our cabin! Evan was glad I had explained their sound before we went to bed. It sounded like there were dinosaurs outside our door! We got up out of bed and wandered around outside, watching and listening to the howlers call back and forth across the grounds. After nearly half …

We woke early this morning to eat a hot breakfast and set off to the ATM cave. We arrived at the trailhead, where they were now building an welcome center and bathrooms. The first time I visited this was nothing but a small sign marking the trailhead, and soon there would be a visitors center! We hiked in for about 45 minutes, crossing the river a …

This morning we departed for Belize City after a leisurely breakfast. Along the way, we stopped at the Belize Zoo and saw all the animals we hadn't seen at Pooks, like crocodile, jaguar, tapir and harpy eagle, just to name a few. The zoo is small, and all the animals are rescued from situations that they likely would not have survived. Miguel …

We had booked a split-tour at Turneffe Flats, so we were going to do the Atoll Adventure package for the first few days and then fish for the latter half of the week. Today we were heading out with Abel, the atoll guide. We were with two other guests for the day, and headed out to our first snorkel spot. On the way, we came across a pod of …

Evan got to do an extra day of fishing today! Turneffe is training a guide and since there was the space, he got to go out with Willy, one of the oldest guides at Turneffe, and Kimbral, who was just learning the ropes. He had a great day flats fishing, caught some bonefish and said Kimbral was going to be a great guide! I went out with Abel again …

We decided to take a down-day today, and just hang out at the lodge. We read our books, swam in the pool, wandered along the beach and did a little flats fishing right in front of the lodge. I had never been flats fishing before, so Evan had me practice casting and dealing with the winds. I caught a ton of little snappers, not too exciting but …

Today we went out with Dion on his boat to do some fishing. The weather was not cooperating all that much, and we spent the first hour or so just avoiding the rain storms. Luckily, they are small and quick, and we got to do some fishing in between. We saw some permit in the lagoon, but the wind was pushing us the wrong way, so we decided to go out …

We headed out early again this morning, and headed southeast in the atoll. We came across this rather large lodge that is being built. Apparently it has been in the works for years, and is relatively, pretty massive. It is sad to see such a large hotel being built in such a beautiful, pristine place. Dion showed us where they had drudged the sand, …