Sleep at sea is quite restful. I must
be something about the 'mostly' gentle rocking of the ship and the
near silent hum of the engines. Or, perhaps it is the alcohol.
Either way. This is our tenth cruise and we have our routines.
Beau wakes and goes out to bring back coffee. (He could get it
delivered but can never be sure what time he'll wake). Then he
reads on the deck until I get up. Breakfast has to be in first
order; after all, it's not been almost 12 hours since we've eaten –
almost unheard of in cruising life.
Sidebar : Check out the size of these
plates. Truly sinful, this plate is 14” x 10” - large enough
that it could literally feed 2 – 3 people. I suppose the point
is keeping us out of the buffet line, or making sure we have at least
one thing we can't complain about (ya right). Beau was saying (I
should have photo'd his plate), that we didn't plan on eating
potatoes, but each time he got near them, they just jumped on his
plate while he wasn't looking. I'm staying away from them just in
case!
Today we are at Princess Cays, Bahamas.
There are reefs here, so we have to dock about 1 mile off the coast
and go in on ship tender boats. This is one of the Bahama Islands
where Princess bought and end portion. They built little facilities
and it is an area for the exclusive use of their ships. Mostly
meaning, we are a contained audience and they don't have to share any
of the profits with outside vendors. Upon arrival, princess haul all
the necessary (which is a lot) of food and drink to the shore and get
it set up. It's a pretty place, and they offer a variety of water
activities, from sunbathing to jet skis'.
We opted to snorkle, which was a
semi-mistake on our part. Beau appeared over his cold from earlier
in the week, but wasn't able to breathe in the snorkle and just sat
in the surf filling his trunks with rocky sand. I went in hunt of
the fish. Apparently there were nice coral reefs here, you can see
some signs, but they are mostly dead now. Under the murky water, and
a good hours swim, I counted only 12 fish. Now, it was pointed out
to me later at dinner that I didn't have my glasses on and I may have
been surrounded by fish, but I counted just 12 and I'm standing by
that. (That's the Ruby Princess in the background)
After sunbathing, we tendered back to
the ship for a shower, dinner, a comedy show in the theater, a
talented young singer in the lounge and bed.
Not a bad day at all.
Lorrie
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