Monday November 9th, 2015

The schedule for today was a beach day on Princess’ private island.  Drop anchor at 0830, tender to shore and lay out in the sand, snorkel  and swim.  Great idea, right?  But the morning broke to storm clouds and a Tropical storm named Kate.  Shallow water, big waves, 60 mph winds all mean we now have a sea day to enjoy.  This Captain isn’t going anywhere near those conditions.  So being the great riders we are, we decided it is a better part of valor to tag along.

Terrie was up early exercising then off to breakfast and a rush to fill in the day with events.  Would you believe a cooking class, a spa visit, and a bit of sun on our deck.  For me, well, writing you, bouncing around a bit and figuring out how to fit in three meals and a couple of snacks into my waking hours.

This vessel is amazing.  Yes, there are a lot of people but there are still quiet corners available to sit and write.  Nothing is overcrowded or at least nothing I want to do.  Sitting and chillin’ is my kind of vacation.  Terrie checks on me ever once in a while.  I get on the wrong floor often but haven’t fall off the boat yet.  Now it takes real planning to go to breakfast and plan lunch.  And at lunch you have to plan dinner……perfect cruise.

Weather is now behind us as we quickly cleared the area.  Sun has replaced the storm clouds and all is right……time to plan dinner and beyond.

We chose an early dinner with our friends.  Just our table for the four of us and a great bottle of wine.  Princess does a wonderful job of serving nice meals so evening events will have to wait for a bit.  If you have ever cruised you know that fitting everything in can become its own nightmare.  Dinner then a show and a bit of people watching makes for a perfect unwinding agenda.

The dinner show was a singer revisiting the 60s and 70s both popular and C and W music.  There was a crowd but you quickly got lost in the singing and voices could be heard all over as popular songs never leave your brain even after many years.

We had dodged a few rain showers all day and that didn’t change.  Rain hit the glass patio door and we quietly rocked to sleep with these brief splatters singing to us.

Rainbows start in the ocean!

And then the sunshine