Caribbean Cruising!

Every night we had a towel animal on our bed. They were all so cute!

This was game night with Homeshield. We have a panoramic feature on our camera so this is kinda a result of that but it didn't work well...

Derek got a plaque because he has been in the company for two years

This is us the last night. We got every dessert... don't worry, we shared.

This is the main lobby of our cruise ship. Pretty huh?

THis is the night we watched the cowboys play.

Our ship, the Carnival Destiny.

Our ship is on the left. I thought this was a cool view of the dock.

HAHAHA!! He looks like a little boy!

Derek sacrificing me to sun god with an umbrella... It was a wet day.

Derek using his tracking skills. We were following the foot prints of some unknown Myan mummy...

We stopped off at this beach on our way to the ruins. It was windy but it was lovely!

Us in the back of the lovely jeep we rented. Brrr.

Ummm.... I couldn't help it. This was at the pier in Cozumel

We did this a lot.

Dinner with the captain! Don't we look good! By the way, we didn't really eat dinner with him, that's just what the formal dinner is called.

Virgin strawberry something. It was delicious. Especially the creamy stuff at the bottom.

This was a Kermitt's Key Lime Pie store, and that is Kermitt himself. Hitting on me!

There were a lot of these trees on Key West. they are the COOLEST things ever. I have never seen anything like them! I want one in my front yard

Riding the scooter around was so much fun! Although it didn't have ffot pegs and so I had to hold my legs on there. They got tired after a while.

COOL!

This is at the port of Miami right when we got on the boat!

This was our second cruise together and it couldn't have been more different than the first. We left from the Port of Miami like we did the last time but this cruise stopped in Key West, FL and Cozumel, Mexico. The destination wasn't the only thing different about our cruises. While we had good weather on our first day in Key West, it rained the rest of the time. That didn't stop us from having fun though! In Key West, we rented a scooter and drove around the entire key. It was soooooo FUN!!! The weather was perfect. we drove down the coast, we visited the southern most point in the U.S. That was weird. We saw both the tourist parts of Key West and the residential parts. I'll tell you what.. I wouldn't mind retiring there. Mmmm. We saw all the statues and the little shops lining the streets of the town. We also got the original Key Lime pie! WOW that was amazing. Mmm I swear I can still taste it. It was a beautiful day. That night we had a nice dinner with the captain. We got dressed up nice and had a really fancy dinner. It was delicious. The desserts were incredible. Of course, I would remember the desserts the best... :)

I believe it was that night that we watched the cowoys play out on the big screan on the top deck. That was so much fun!! the ship had a few ice cream machines that were always on, so that was good, we hit that up probably too much than was needed... Oh well! its a cruise! We slept well that night and woke bright and early the next morning to rough water and rain, LAME!! But, we were determined to have a good time none the less. When we got to the port in Cozumel we docked next to another large ship and walked to the tourist area where we met up with everyone in our group (Homeshield). Because it was raining we decided to rent a jeep with another couple and we got a map and started to drive around the island. It was the nastiest vehicle I have ever been in... There were no back seat seat belts so we had to hang on for dear life. My window leaked and so I was the only one in the car who got wet, which meant I was wet for the whole day... But, it was AWESOME! We stopped by a little beach to check it out. Then we made our way over to some Myan ruins that we hiked around for a couple hours. That was COOL! It was amazing to see all the ancient huts and roads and stuff.. for real, it was pretty weird to know that people actually lived there hundreds (if not thousands) of years ago.

After that, we made our way back through town (the creepy parts as well) and we found a restaurant that someone suggested that we go to. So we did. Umm... yeah, it was amazing mexican food (duh). We bought a couple souveniers and then made our way back to the ship!

The next day was called "Fun Day at Sea" because we had to make our way back to Miami and it takes a while. So we slept, and ate, and explored, and ate, and slept... There were a couple activities going on around the ship but nothing to extravagent because it was still cold and rainy. I got a little sea sick which was unfortunate but oh well! The waves were huge and that boat was rockin that is for sure. That night we had a big homeshield game party where we were in a tiny room and we played mafia with cards then another game with dice and money that i dont know the name of... It was fun. We ate some more food.. duh.. and we watched a movie on deck again (not sure which night this was but it wasn't raining) I can't remember the movie but it was good!

Basically, the cruise was incredible, despite the rain. It was a great experience! We spent the whole semester of school catching up (mentally) but it was worth it!