Day 2 --Day at Sea

up bright and early before sunrise on this first day out at sea enroute for our first port--StThomas USVI--we arrive there on Monday morning..

the Sunrise was nice.. the winds were up at Southeast at 25kts and up on the Sky Deck a bit more than was reported...a day at sea means a day in the sun on the Navigation Deck aft nearby the Seaview Pool.. plenty of 'rays'..Pat won the ring toss--a bucket of beer that we shared with Margaret and Peter... it sure is different on just a 14 day cruise with all the Caribbean crowd...  back deck was nearly full...  all in all a wonderful day outside enjoying the pretty weather

Day 1 on the high seas.. Maasdam Cruise Caribbean 14 days

. after driving down from Ft Pierce to Port Everglades early this morning we boarded the Maasdam at 1230pm ..  we ate a quick lunch in the Lido ..happened to meet our friends Margaret and Peter from England ..we also saw a number of staff we knew from prior cruises...off to the lifeboat drill at 315pm..dinner in the dining room at 545pm at our favorite table#74... we are back home..

we set sail once again today for 14 days to the Southern Caribbean on Holland America's Maasdam at 4pm today ..

 this is our Itinerary

		Mar 28 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US 4:00 PM Ship Departs Mar 29 AT SEA Mar 30 AT SEA Mar 31 St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 8:00 AM Ship Arrives 6:00 PM Ship Departs Apr 01 Gustavia (St. Barts), France 8:00 AM Ship Arrives 3:00 PM Ship Departs Apr 02 Castries, St. Lucia 8:00 AM Ship Arrives 3:00 PM Ship Departs Apr 02 Soufriere, St Lucia 5:00 PM Ship Arrives 6:00 PM Ship Departs Apr 03 Bridgetown, Barbados 8:00 AM Ship Arrives 5:00 PM Ship Departs Apr 04 St Georges, Grenada 8:00 AM Ship Arrives 5:00 PM Ship Departs Apr 05 AT SEA Apr 06 Kralendijk (Bonaire), Antilles 8:00 AM Ship Arrives 5:00 PM Ship Departs Apr 07 Willemstad (Curacao), Antilles 7:00 AM Ship Arrives 11:00 PM Ship Departs Apr 08 AT SEA Apr 09 AT SEA Apr 10 Half Moon Cay, Bahamas 8:00 AM Ship Arrives 3:00 PM Ship Departs Apr 11 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 7:00 AM Ship Arrives

wetting a line at the Dockside

a lot warmer this morning at 64* at Sunrise.. mostly cloudy with the sun peeking thru.. up to 72* at noon ...wetting a line all I got were flashes on gotcha plugs and curly tailed jigs with decent size Jacks and Blues but no takers mainly in shallow water.. water cleared up nicely this morning... same scenario later this afternoon after the changing incoming tide with bumps and flashes and no takers..

Dockside Ft Pierce

after a couple of days at our friends Fran and Bill's in Poinciana we left them and and drove down to Ft Pierce... great hospitality we thank them.. had a lot of fun....saw Charlie and Jo also...arrived at the Dockside at around 3pm.... 'kewl' temps today even in central Florida--65* and windy at the coast...we stay here for two nites and leave for the 2 hour drive down to Port Everglades on Friday morning to board the Maasdam for our 14 day southern Caribbean cruise

heading south

our 3 week journey begins..left the house at 540am for the drive down to Kissimmee Florida to visit our friends for a few days..heavy fog at that hour until it started to burn off about 9am...interesting crossing the Ravenel bridge in Charleston in the fog..arrived at 240pm..went out to dinner to Mannys Steakhouse..good food..a neat place

then it'll be off to Ft Pierce on Wednesday and on to our 14 day cruise to the southern Caribbeam on Friday

clouds moved in

just before sunrise at the beach.. so that blew that out.. down to the lake and yet another morning of nada...  got up to 73º and sunny most of the day... starting to rain right now--around 6pm..  tomorrow it'll be 'on the road again'

sunrise.. moonset.. and a lot of old cars

drove over to the beach before sunrise... as I was getting out of my truck looked up and saw Mister Moon.. got the 400L lens an snapped away... continued the walk to the beach and a nice sunrise...   a stopoff at the lake proved fruitless for wetting a line..

 drove down to the 26th annual Myrle Beach Oldies Car Show and arrived just after opening at 10am..why is it so crowded you ask.. it's FREE.. as in 'if it's FREE it's for me'...the past few years there have been about 2500 old cars/trucks that show up and register.. this year they say it'll be close to 3000.. it sure looked like it... cars and people everywhere..stayed until 130pm.. shot near 500 pics.. hard to take decent pics with all the people milling about.. gotta snap fast quick-like..

for more oldies car pics see my SmugMug site at Myrtle Beach Oldies Car Show