Cruising!

Mike and I had such a wonderful time on our cruise! We have over 200 pictures,but I will just post a few of my favorites. They are in a mixed up order, but better to finally make this post than to spend another week rearranging.

This was taken just as we boarded the ship.

This was taken the last day of the cruise. It was jacket weather, but not a drop of snow anywhere!

The next pictures are of our day in Jamaica.

Riding the sky tram up to the Jamaican bobsleds. If you enlarge this picture and look closely, you can see Tom and Marlene in back of us. I want to be sure and mention how much we appreciated having those two with us on this cruise. It was like having our own, private cruise directors! They made it so much fun for us. I think we probably held them back a time or two, but they never let on. We have always loved them, but this trip left me with an even greater respect and admiration for them.

My first time down the bobsled!

Tom and Marlene on the bobsleds.

Mike and me.

Waiting for the liquid sunshine to let up so we could ride the skytram back down.

A quick stop at Dunn's River Falls in Ocho Rios.

Marlene and I at the Falls.



And now, backing up a bit...

We attended church at a Spanish speaking ward just before leaving for the cruise. See how cute and thin I look! I gained several inches around the waist and can't fit into my clothes any more.

This nice gentleman rescued us when the taxi didn't come to get us after church. He got us back to the hotel just in time to catch the shuttle to the ship.




We went to this fun little diner called Johnny Rockets where everyone cheers when you walk inside. There are nickels for the juke box and the waiters dance to the music!

Marlene, dancing with the Johnny Rockets people.

Now we are in Cozumel...

Toucans!

Just before we boarded the boat that took us out to the submarine ride.

Inside a submarine at 100 feet down. Not my favorite excursion!
Even worse than the St. Louis arch. (What was I thinking?!)

My handsome husband hanging out with me at the front of the ship on a windy day.

I loved the wind! I was very lucky to be one of only a few that did not suffer from being seasick.


We had so much fun at Johnny Rockets! Mike and I went back a second time!

We shared a chocolate malt!

Our dinner table...one of our favorite daily events.

Sander, our head waiter. Missing from this picture is Arthur, the assistant waiter. We gave them both a Book of Mormon on the last night of the cruise.

Mark created a new dessert, combining a scoop of ice cream with one of the soup appetizers.

These next pictures were taken early in the cruise, on our first land stop.

We filled our day at Labadee with so many memorable events. We started out relaxing in the shade on our beach chairs as we waited for our turn to parasail.

Mike, getting ready to parasail.

That's me on the right, parasailing....Whoopeeeeeee! This was my favorite event. It was absolutely exhillerating!

Just before going down the Dragon's Breath zipline which was abaout a million miles long.

This is Mike as he completes his ride!

This is me being reeled in because I didn't make it to the bottom. Gosh, I must not weigh as much as I thought!

We had a great time in Labadee!

The kiddie pool.

We had a great room,with an outside patio that we thoroughly enjoyed.

Each night our room attendant would make us cute little towel sculpture and put Mike's sunglasses on them!

From the outside patio, we had a great view of the ship captain's lookout.

The name of our ship was the Freedom of the Seas, but Mike and I dubbed it, "The Great and Spacious Building". We are so very glad we went, but we might choose something a little less extravagant the next time. Or maybe not...we'll see!