Cruise!

Sorry we’ve been neglecting our blog lately.  The last month or so has been absolutely nuts!  I graduated, got accepted into my internship and had a bunch of work to do preparing for that, we moved, and we went on a cruise.  The highlight of all of it was, of course, the cruise. 

                            

                                     

We went with two of our best friends, Lewis and Natalie Gunter, and it was fabulous!  Except that somebody stole our camera.  The first day.  So all the pictures you’re about to see are graciously donated by Lewis and Natalie! 

 

  Every morning and evening, a chilly mist hid the sky, but you could see sunspots out on the ocean where some light found its way down. 

As we were leaving San Diego, we saw this buoy pretty far offshore, covered in sea lions.  Later that day, most of us saw one sea lion jumping in and out of the water below us (despite all our best efforts, we could never get Jimmy to see it).

The cruise certainly fostered a healthy attitude.

 

  One of the coolest things was that every time housekeeping came through your room, they’d leave your towels on your bed folded into animals!  Later in the week we went to a workshop where they showed you how to make some yourself!

We couldn’t stop in Mexico because of that terrifying Swine Flu, but we still got to go to Catalina Island.  It was SO fun!

Views from our little dinghy going ashore.

Catalina Island is 95% uninhabited, and the waiting list to bring a car onto the island is 11 years, so most people just drive golf carts everywhere.  We rented one and drove it around the island.

     

 

 

 

 

We went snorkeling – mine and Jimmy’s first time!  Look at those sexy wetsuits! 

He got bit by a giant fish.  It scared the rest of us, so I always swam with my hands tucked into my chest!

 

Interesting golf carts

They had a formal night which was pretty fun.

One of our favorite parts of the cruise was the fantastic food!

. . . and great waiters

 

But mostly playing games and catching up with good friends!

Us listening to some live jazz music.

 

Fun times all around!

Each room had these pictures above the beds, and most were pretty normal, but ours was just bizarre – some lady in a negligee laying on a bed with a weird man sitting behind her.  We couldn’t resist posing like them!

What a fun, relaxing week!  I just have to say thank you to my darling Mommy, who watched Henry for us and took such great care of him while we were gone.  Now they’re great friends