Back in August of 2021 Darryl suggested we purchase a cruise for the end of January to celebrate finishing off this Dome project. Well, the project isn't quite finished, but we decided we could use a little Rest and Relaxation anyway.
Saturday January 29, 2022
I had a trim and new bangs cut for the occasion.
We boarded the Carnival Valor around noon on Saturday. It was chilly outside, only 46 degrees, but we found a nice spot on the back deck and watched the sailing from the back of the boat.
Hmmm.... I wonder if this window washer does house calls?
It was warm and sunny Sunday Morning. It was a "at Sea" day, so after breakfast and our personal "Church /Sunday School" we hit the links at the stack for a little Sunday Mini - Golf.
And we found the Adults only "Serenity" deck, which was warm, quiet and perfect for a Sunday nap.
We walked around exploring the ship and ate way, way to much for lunch.
Our dinner companions were delightful. Two couples about our age from Louisiana and Mississippi. The first evening we discovered we were all conservatives and like minded. When Karen said, "We voted for Trump", Darryl lifted up his leg, pulled his pant leg up and showed off the Donald Trump socks he was wearing. Oh how they laughed and the ladies took photos. Haha!
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It's not a cruise without cute towel critters.
Sunday night was also 'Dress Your Best' night in the dining room.
Darryl and I took the opportunity to have pictures taken. This was the only one good enough to buy.
Sunrise, Monday January 31, 2022 off the coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.
When we docked at Costa Maya there were 3 ships in port. The Carnival Valor, the Royal Caribbean Symphony of the Seas, and the Sky Princess.
We decided to walk into Costa Maya and found a jungle path that would take us to town.
Okay, not really a jungle path, but a path in the median of the road.
Costa Maya. Go to the right at the round-a-bout and end up in town, so naturally we went left,...
Toward the beach and the light house.
We walked about 6 miles so we took a taxi back to the pier. We watched the bigger ships depart. It was so cool when the Princess Skye sounded her horn as she backed away from the dock, because her horn played 'The Love Boat' theme music. Below you can see the Symphony of the seas leaving port.
According to our fitness app, we walked over 8 miles that day.
Wednesday morning brought us to beautiful Cozumel, Mexico.
We spent time walking around town, looking into shops and buying souvenirs.
While Darryl shopped I sat in the park on the beach and indulged in some "plein air" watercolor painting. (That's just the French way of saying "outdoor")
While I was painting Darryl was shopping and he came back with this beautiful beaded jewelry for me!
He has such good taste!
We said goodbye to our pretty little beach and headed back to the ship.
Back in our room we were greeted by a Velociraptor.
Good-bye Cozumel. Next stop.... New Orleans.
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Sunday night and Monday night we went to the Karaoke bar to sing. I keep drawing a blank when it comes to what I should sing but eventually came up with a few oldies. I know I have a repertoire of hundreds of songs, but I just can't think of them when I need them. Here I am with our cruise director Marty and his assistant Lydia. On Monday night Lydia asked me to compete in the Karaoke contest on Tuesday night. I did and had a great time.
The best thing about being at Karaoke each night was listening to a young man named Brandon sing. He sang older tunes and he was an incredible voice! People came in just to hear him sing.
Our Wednesday Critter...
Wednesday was a very relaxing day at sea. We played games, lounged, ate then ate again. We watched the sunset over the ocean then went to dinner. After dinner we enjoyed the live musical Rock and Roll show in the theater before wandering down to the Karaoke lounge for one last chance to sing and hear Brandon Sing.
We docked about 6:45 Thursday morning and we were off the boat, in our car and on the way home by 8:45. It was not a fancy cruise, but it was just what we needed to recharge ourselves for the upcoming rush of finishing the Pascagoula job, packing, hauling stuff back to the storage units in Idaho, then going to the next project.... wherever that may be.
See You Soon!
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