After breakfast this morning our plan is to just spend the day at the pool.
The beach here at the Outrigger Resort is very narrow, only about 15-20 feet from the retaining wall to the water edge and for a beach it is pretty course sand. The ground under the water is hard with not much sand; it is mostly coarse coral pieces. The surf is breaking 
several hundred yards out and it is easy to see why; there is a shelf here and with the tide out you can walk almost all the way to the breaking water without stepping in any water, after that the water gets maybe a foot or so deep.
Since the beach is not very nice here, we decide to spend our time at the pool. The pool is quite large and has 4 different 
sections to it. There is a whirlpool that spills into a "river" of water which flows under a bridge and into the main pool. There is also a kids pool where the "wall" separating the shallow kids pool and the main pool, has breaks in it every 18 inches. The last section is a hardscape beach. 
This area goes from a horizon drain and slowly gets deeper to the left and right with rocks in the front about 10 feet out. Both exits from the "beach" pool gets deep and flows into the larger pool. The large section of the pool is about 50 feet by 150 feet with no square edges.We were laying in the sun for a while but moved to more a shaded area with lounge chairs. We stay by the pool pretty much all day and then decide to go down the road to a restaurant. But after we change and before we head out, it starts to rain. We wait about 30 minutes for the rain to taper off to a drizzle then head out.
We go in the other direction this evening and find another restaurant at a different resort/hotel. As we end our dinner the sun is going down and it is an absolutely gorgeous sunset. Unfortunately, neither of us brought either of the cameras. You'd think we have learned by now! We try to hurry back to the resort by way of the beach hoping to get back to the room and get the camera before the sun goes down.Oh, by the way, the people at the reception desk have told some of the others in our group that there are no other restaurants off the resort and also to not eat the food you might find because you can not trust it. There also is a sign by the beach that indicates that there are no restaurants off the premise.
We make it back before the sunset is completely over, although we did miss the most spectacular portion of the sunset. Oh well, that is what happens when you leave the room while it is drizzling and you do not expect the weather to be better. We took a couple of pictures, but the ones we got do not do the justice to the picture we could have had - palm trees in the foreground on a grassy knoll, the water glistening with the s
etting sun and the reds, pinks, yellows, and oranges (I know because Carmen told me) in the sky and clouds.We head back to the room and start to pack. Tomorrow we fly out of Fiji heading to Los Angeles. Our flight is not until 10:00PM-ish so our ride back does not pick us up until 5:30PM. So, our plan is to check out by 11:00AM and leave our bags in the Resorts lock-up and spend time by the pool.
Oh my word..if that was not the best sunset picture the real thing must have been unbelievable. :-) If you thought it was fantastic and you could not see all the colors. Carmen must have been speechless. How lucky you both are to have those pictures in your memory. Can't wait to see all your pictures when you get home.
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