Vacation Chatter, 5 days and counting
Loving the beach and all things tropical, I thought it might be really hard to leave the ports and get back on the ship. There was only one day I felt that way. Every other time, I was ready to get back on the ship, get cleaned up and get back in the middle of the ocean. There were so many fun things to do on the ship too, that there was always something to look forward to…
We met several great performers~ Buckets and Boards comedy percussion team and Daren Streblow from Thou Shalt Laugh 5 were our favorites.
We are always huge fans of someone who can make a great face…
And they play great percussion out of random objects~ even better. I wish you could have seen my son’s shoulders shaking over these guys.
Daren Streblow is from Minnesota! We talked to him afterward for a while and he was the nicest man. Our friend Joey I.L.O. and Daren were on Thou Shalt Laugh 5 together and we’d been to Joey’s showing, so we recognized him as soon as he came out. Again, Indie’s shoulders shook and he wheezed from laughing so hard. He’d already known lines from Daren’s act by heart, so it was such a treat for us to see him in person. The fact that he was extremely warm and nice made it that much better.
During the show, Nate was selected from the crowd with 5 others for the funny face contest. I think he should have won. This is a recap of the face~ the first was far cooler…and this one is pretty good.
Sadly, Little Boy from Canada won by most applause. Nate was second.
Then Greyley was selected to NOT laugh. Not only was this not possible, but her laughing so hard made Daren laugh and it was a fun moment.
Good times.
I haven’t mentioned the food yet. Ahh, the food. We got our fill of seafood and steak and every kind of dessert possible…not to mention, all-you-can-eat ice cream. The eating experiences were delightful and the team of people that dote on you was hard to get used to at first, but also extremely fun. They cut my children’s meat and took the tails off my shrimp! I mean, how great is that!
Here’s just a glimpse of a mini sampler of desserts…
Next stop~ Grand Cayman Islands. We found a lovely spot on the beach and went snorkeling. It was Greyley’s first time to snorkel and she found this:
She picked right up on snorkeling and loved it. Indigo really tried and liked it…until he’d see something he wanted to pick up and went down to grab it, only to gag on salt water.
Gorgeous view…
I loved the sand in Grand Cayman!
We got so tickled at Indigo riding the ferry back to the ship. He was worn out and sat across from us…needed a little thumb time, I guess. His next goal is to be done with it when he turns 7…just around the corner. Pray, saints, pray! 🙂
Next morning we woke up and we were almost to Cozumel! How about a little breakfast first…
We looked in a few shops when we got off and then took a little walk to see if we could get away from the touristy area. Right away we saw iguanas…just roaming around in a driveway…no big deal.
Nate and I had to see how close we could get…he won~ he touched it.
…and then they both darted away from each other as fast as they could go. Nate was much faster, by the way.
We took a tour with a guy named Gabriel, who told us all about Cozumel. Such a nice guy~ he’s lived there all his life and loves it. Saw a few Mayan monuments and learned how tequila is made. Then we stopped at a few shops out on the beach and met the REAL Tequila. And Greyley won the grand prize of the day…
Eek!
My girl loves water with all her heart.
Heavenly backdrop…
This is the day I didn’t want to get back on the ship. Look at this water!
There was an area that had massive waves and I was dying to get in it, but our tour was almost over and it was nearly time to get back on the ship…
Coral everywhere…
My happy boy…his shirt confused a few of the locals.
I loved how this was growing out of the crevices…
This is what my hair looked like 97% of the trip…that wind, it was a’blowin’!
And one last gorgeous view before we say good-bye…thank you, Cozumel. You treated us well.