Monday March 9, 2020
~Day at Sea~
That description should be prefaced with the work 'Rough'. The day started out with a little sway, but by noon we were in 13 foot swells, sometimes higher. Cali, John, Nancy and I were having a great time, but Darryl, Alan and the kids suffered a little from the motion sickness. So while I played Trivia in Schooner's bar, ate a second breakfast and delicious lunch, lounged by the pool and had a deliciously relaxing day, Darryl, Gideon and Alan napped on the deck.
Monday evening was listed as a formal evening and 'Greet the Captain' event. We decided to dress up for the occasion. I fixed Miss Parker's hair then did my own. I was excited to wear this formal I bought back in 2014. It was just a little snug and I felt like I was ♪♫'bustin' out all over'! ♪♫
That's a good lookin' group right there!
Funny Story. My brother John looks so handsome in his Formal Military Dress. As we were waiting to get our photo taken and were walking around, his 20+ yr old dress shoe just fell apart. It was kind of funny really and he laughed as he tried to walk with his shoe flapping.
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Tuesday March 10, 2020
Roatan, Honduras
The nice thing about this cruise is that everyone in our group 'did their own thing'. While Darryl hired and driver and took Cali and the kids to explore the Island, John and Nancy went on a Zip Line tour and Alan and I went scuba diving at Anthony's Key Resort.
I don't have photos of John and Nancy's adventures but here are Darryl and Cali's.
Parker and Gideon try out the beach.
That's our cruise ship in the background.
It's a Pirate sign.
They also visited the animal park where they were able to hold and interact with the critters.
Gid the kid liked the sloth cuddles.
This little monkey kept reaching into Cali's front pocket for food or treasures.
Parker told me the sloth was cute and fun to snuggle..
But she wasn't so sure about the bird or the Monkey.
Awwww.....
They drove around the island then up a mountain where they could look over the bay.
When they got back to port this huge Norwegian Cruise liner was parked next door. It sure made our ship look small.
Alan and I took a 40 minute bus ride to the other side of the Island to St. Anthony's Key Resort.
~Day at Sea~
That description should be prefaced with the work 'Rough'. The day started out with a little sway, but by noon we were in 13 foot swells, sometimes higher. Cali, John, Nancy and I were having a great time, but Darryl, Alan and the kids suffered a little from the motion sickness. So while I played Trivia in Schooner's bar, ate a second breakfast and delicious lunch, lounged by the pool and had a deliciously relaxing day, Darryl, Gideon and Alan napped on the deck.
Monday evening was listed as a formal evening and 'Greet the Captain' event. We decided to dress up for the occasion. I fixed Miss Parker's hair then did my own. I was excited to wear this formal I bought back in 2014. It was just a little snug and I felt like I was ♪♫'bustin' out all over'! ♪♫
🌴🌴🌴
Tuesday March 10, 2020
Roatan, Honduras
The nice thing about this cruise is that everyone in our group 'did their own thing'. While Darryl hired and driver and took Cali and the kids to explore the Island, John and Nancy went on a Zip Line tour and Alan and I went scuba diving at Anthony's Key Resort.
I don't have photos of John and Nancy's adventures but here are Darryl and Cali's.
Parker and Gideon try out the beach.
That's our cruise ship in the background.
It's a Pirate sign.
They also visited the animal park where they were able to hold and interact with the critters.
Gid the kid liked the sloth cuddles.
This little monkey kept reaching into Cali's front pocket for food or treasures.
Parker told me the sloth was cute and fun to snuggle..
But she wasn't so sure about the bird or the Monkey.
Awwww.....
They drove around the island then up a mountain where they could look over the bay.
When they got back to port this huge Norwegian Cruise liner was parked next door. It sure made our ship look small.
Alan and I took a 40 minute bus ride to the other side of the Island to St. Anthony's Key Resort.
Unfortunately we didn't have an underwater camera that could go below 20', so we don't have any photos, but we did two dives, the first one along the barrier reef, the second one at 'Mandi's Eel Garden', and saw some amazing things.
We had two dive masters dive with us. One in the lead and the other coming up behind and they would both point out things to see. I saw my first seahorse, a large flounder, and needle nose fish, lion fish and my first Loggerhead Sea Turtle eating and coming up close and personal.
The coral on the barrier reef was beautiful and when the sun peeked out the colors became so very vibrant.
After the first dive we moved about 5 or 10 minutes away to the Eel garden when Alan and I stayed with the second dive master and he pointed out the flounder and eels and many other interesting things.
It was a wonderful time and we have decided we are going to have to do this again.
Alan said it was worth enduring the rough seas to go on a dive like that.
I completely agree. We cleaned up and bought some souvenirs then our rickety little bus took us back to the boat. Dinner was quite fun that evening as everyone shared their adventures with the group. Can't wait to do it again.
And.... We found another cruise duck.
This afternoon Darryl, Nancy and John joined me for Trivia. We won and realized that between the 4 of us we have a lot of useless knowledge.
Until tomorrow.
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