enroute home--Ft Lauderdale

arrived  in Port Everglades, Ft Lauderdale at 5am this morning..back to the 'real zoo' and the drive home.. touchdown at 830pm... ready for another--coulda stayed on for 50 more  days... unfortunately heading up north in 3 days for a drive up to Brooklyn for Christmas.. arrrrggghhh -- then I'll really need another cruise..

 

 

Day 50--Half Moon Cay, Bahamas--ALMOST

well..I knew it was going to be a bust for our stop in Half Moon Cay this morning..20-25 kt S-E winds and there was no chance that the ship could do a tender operation onto the island.. after numerous tries the Captain announced the bad news that we were going to bypass this pretty island.. it's happened before but never on any of our 4 previous TransAtlantic crossings..we were to be in HMC with the Westerdam -- it being a lot larger was able to tender.. a big disappointment for us not being able to land on HMC--a favorite island of ours..a slow ride back to Ft Lauderdale on this 80* sunny day at sea..  tomorrow we leave for the long drive back home

Day 49--At Sea

pretty day once again..79* and sunny blue skies with a bit more of a breeze than yesterday.. the 'Maasdam Zoo' was in full array near the Lido Pool area--- every sort of towel animal you could think of was created and placed out there.. great stuff by the cabin stewards...more 'rays' in the morning then up for Team Trivia which we won once again.. started to begin our packing  with only 2 days to go.. Pub Trivia after dinner tonite..  we arrive in Half Moon Cay early tomorrow morning