Kelsey Higgins: Mullet Bay Beach.

Mullet Bay is the beach closest to us here on the island. Its about a ten minute walk from our apartment in Cupecoy (pronounced cupa-coy) to the beach. The beach is on the other side of the only golf course on the island. One of the main roads runs right through it. Unfortunately there is no sidewalks down this road (you don't see many sidewalks here). The road is pretty narrow, and not safe to walk down with children. The best way to get to the beach is by crossing the golf course. Which the security guard and owners of the golf course don't exactly like. We've been caught before and told not to cross the golf course anymore, but until we get our car there is no way we can walk down the road to the golf course. So we have to "sneak" our way across and hope we don't get caught. Gives you a bit of an Adrenalin rush ;) The golf course is not as well maintained as ones you see in the states, but it is still a beautiful golf course and a beautiful drive to Cupecoy.

This is the beach that we usually do play groups at twice a month, and the beach that our family goes to when Aaron has some time off from school or studying (which isn't often). Its a beautiful beach, but I'm sure part of that is due to the fact that the golf course goes right up to it, as well as the beach just being lined with trees and rocks.

At times since being here the waves have been huge, they've reached at least 10 feet high from what I've seen. There are other times where there isn't a ripple in the water from what I've heard.

There used to be a beautiful resort on Mullet Bay, called Mullet Bay Hotel and Casino. It was another hotel wiped out by Hurricane Luis in September 1995.

Just to give you an idea as to how bad Hurricane Luis was; It was the worst natural disaster to hit the island in recent history. It almost completely wiped the island off a map. It left 9 dead, with nearly 70% of the island homeless. Winds were up to around 145 mph. Some towns on the island were with out power and water for 3 months. You can still see the result of Hurricane Luis today.

Among the damage is the hotel I wrote about in a past post, La Belle Creole, and then Mullet Bay Hotel and Casino.

Along Mullet Bay you can still see many of the ruins today. There are still stone structures up all around, especially on one side of the beach.

We got to visit Mullet Bay today, Aaron did not have an anatomy lab so we decided to take some time out of our day and go to the beach as a family. We just got Addison some more sand toys, so we thought we 'd take her and play in the sand and the water.