Cruise

We are back from our cruise and I'll have to say it wasn't the best I've ever been on. The weather didn't cooperate very much. :-(

We left Sunday - no issues. Monday we were at sea and it was cool and cloudy. Tuesday we were in Cozumel. It was somewhere between 73 and 77, cloudy and some rain. We went on an excursion that had us driving some ATV's (fun except for when we got rained on) and then we were supposed to go snorkeling. We decided it was too darn cold to go in the ocean so we hung out in some hammocks on the beach. Based on what the people said who did go, we made the right choice. It sprinkled on us a little bit while on the beach and then rained pretty good on the way back to the parking lot for the ATV's. Wednesday we were in Roatan, Honduras. It was pouring when we got there. It let up a little bit and we went out to meet our planned excursion guide. He gave us the option of backing out because the rain had made the water a little murky and we were going snorkeling. We opted to continue and then it poured on us during the walk to the bus. However, we decided to continue and it actually got sunny and nice. We went snorkeling and kayaking. The snorkeling wasn't as good as it should have been due to the murky water, but it was still cool. Roatan has the second longest reef in the world (second to the great barrier reef off Australia). As we boarded the bus to go back to the ship it started pouring again... so we had just enough nice weather for our excursion. Works for me. Thursday we were in Costa Maya. It rained again. We got off the ship briefly at one point when it let up and wandered around a little bit. We got sprinkled on a little bit, but not too bad. Friday and Saturday we were at sea. Friday was cool and cloudy. Saturday was pretty nice, but still not pool weather for me. We found other things for entertainment on the ship - played cards, watched a cooking demo, watched a couple movies, worked out (yay for us), played mini golf, various other things and of course ate a lot. :-)

It was nice to have a vacation (although maybe in hindsight a little too close to Christmas vacation). We missed the baby of course and we were so excited to see him. As luck would have it he was napping when we got home on Sunday afternoon and then he woke up in a bad mood, so crying. Darn it... didn't get that... "I'm so happy to see you" smile. LOL.