Pictures from our cruise...

Our Ship - Royal Carribbian "Sovereign of the Seas" Coco Cay
Shark at the Atlantis Resort in Nassau
Warren Relaxing at Coco Cay
God's beautiful creation...

Our cruise...

We went on a cruise in April. It was so much fun. We went to Orlando and sailed out of Port Canaveral. We sailed first to a private island "Coco Cay" and it was just "out of this world" beautiful. I get so amazed at how beautiful God's creation is at times. This island was untouched by modernization. There were only a handful of people that lived there and they had this house that looked liked it may have been a duplex type of house. There was another smaller house and maybe a couple more, but they were all together in one spot. The beach area had these straw huts - no paved roads, just dirt ones and they either walked or rode in golf type carts. No stores - Nothing! Well, they did have these straw huts and wooden huts where they sold their crafts as you docked. They have to boat to the nearest island and I can't remember how far, but I think the lady said 5 miles. I asked them what they do in case of a hurricane and she told me they go to Nassau (now we left there at 5 p.m. and headed for Nassau and we didn't get there until 7:30 the next morning). What a long ride to Nassau but maybe they are going much faster than a cruise ship? The people were so friendly and I could have stayed on that island forever. Warren and I took a hike on the hiking trail and I thought it would never end, lol. We saw iguana's and chickens. The chickens were a bit of a surprise, lol. But the iguanas were plenty - they were everywhere. After our hike, we came back to the beach and Warren stretched out on the hammock for a while. We boarded the ship around 4:30 and then we headed for Nassau.

Now, Nassau was too crowded for me, but we had fun just walking around. I video taped a few of the school kids. Quite a few were headed to the states for college in the fall. Every child there wears a uniform to school where it was public or private. I videoed several different kids in different uniforms. One little boy asked me how I liked his truck and he pointed to a hummer, lol. I just couldn't get over how friendly the people were. We saw the "pink house" where the anna nicole smith saga went on - didn't see Larry or Howard or her mother, though...hehe. Did manage to see a poster of anna nicole at the entrance to this tattoo parlor - she had a tattoo of her two kids tattooed on her shoulder, I think it was. I couldn't believe how real the tattoo looked. We saw the Atlantis resort and did a tour there and all I can say is WOW. I could never pay that much to stay anywhere as I am too cheap, but the Michael Jackson room at $25,000 a night! If I had that kind of money I could never pay that still!!! Do you know what you could do with $25,000 - LOTS! We found Justin a pirate shirt, got the girls some very cheap topaz that we will have set a ring for them. They all got a different cut so it was kind of neat.

We left there at midnight Wednesday and headed back to Florida. We sailed all day Thursday and didn't arrive back until Friday morning. Thursday I just sat around the poolside and got some sun and listened to the band play the lovely carribbian music. I could have sat there all day, but had to keep getting up to "explore" as it was our last day. Oh, we heard one comedian and he was so good and clean. I came home and researched him and found out why he was clean. Rodney Johnson, I think was his name - but anyway, I think he was a deacon at his church and maybe his dad and brother too (or maybe his dad and brother were pastors?). I am getting old timers as I can't remember things, lol. If you ever get a chance to hear him he is well worth it. I just wish now that I had bought his cd.

Ya'll guess what? This cruise was free. We kept getting phone calls to come to a resort and you receive a free gift. Well, we kept ignoring the phone calls and one day Warren finally answered the phone so they would stop calling. Warren thought, "why not?". So, we drove to Conroe to this resort and we actually did get a free cruise. We came home and filled out the paperwork and it was actually for real. We did not buy the timeshare either! So, now I am just waiting for my next phone call....... Come on phone... RING!!!! Will try to attach photos of our trip later. I am just not that computer savvy. You wouldn't think I have a website for my business, but every time I have to post a new picture I have to "relearn" how I did it the first time...hehe. I know I have a picture on my site now that has the "red x" in it and I have to figure out how to get the picture in...hehe.

This is my first...

time to ever post on a blog, lol. I am so new at this, but I feel it is time to "put myself" out there as I am always shy and don't speak too much to my fellow church members. I feel that if I have this blog, then you all can "get to know me" and I won't be able to hide anymore, lol.