Epic Trip, Part 2...

 Blue Man Group was another of the shows that was offered on the ship.  We sat in pretty close seats in this auditorium as well, but it was still a surprise when one of the guys walked over us.  Literally - he stepped on Pat's shoulder as he steadied himself on our heads.  We were pretty affected afterward:

 The funny thing that night was that Pat left his own "towel creature" for our gal, and he happened to have a blue face, too!  I thought that was extremely clever, but it seems that just happened to be one of our beach towels and it was blue...still, pretty cool.  We liked the penguin!

 Oh, yes we did!  No pictures beyond this point, of course!!

 Coming back we were again in awe of the shear sizes of the ships.  They are really impressive!

 Our room is forward port side.  You can see the flying bridge that went over our room.  It was strange that our ship was the only one that backed into all the ports.  Kinda strange, but we didn't ask questions!    The large windows there in the back is where the nicer dining room is located.  That is where we ate most of the time.  The large windows are behind the stage where we did a little dancing after dinner!

Can you see that tan?!!   Nightlife was abundant, but honestly, we didn't participate much.  We took the evenings to relax and plan our next days, but we did take time to go out and enjoy the warm evening air and look at the stars! (Remember it's too cold in the dark winter to enjoy much stargazing, and by the time it warms up a little, there is no more dark!)  Seriously loved to see what animals would be greeting us as we came "home."

 Mornings were very relaxed.  We did go ahead and close the curtains to be able to sleep in, but we rarely slept too late.  We were always excited to begin another day!  Especially when they started out on our sunny balcony!  Have I mentioned that we enjoyed our balcony?

 Even when we stopped in port and had these gorgeous views, it was fun to look at the TV channel that showed the view from the bridge!  Plus it felt like another real window!

 St. Thomas was gorgeous when we landed, but instead of heading out to the tourist traps, we stayed on board for a few hours to take advantage of the sport deck.  Pat shot a while and then played HORSE with another guy before they set up the batting cage/net.

 After hitting a bunch of balls, and discovering his ability is much stronger left-handed, we headed out to our snorkeling excursion.  Unfortunately, the afternoon brought with it a lot of clouds and rain.  We headed out and got to our snorkeling destination just as the rain began to pour.  It was cold!  We quickly donned our gear and slipped into the much warmer waters!  The water was pretty choppy, and our snorkel gear had tons of rain-water drips in it, so it wasn't the best.  The water seemed cloudy, but I wasn't honestly sure if it was the goggles or the stirred-up water.  Despite the poor conditions, I had a great time!  It was a bizarre feeling to be in warm water with cold rain pelting your back!  There were sea turtles rising up right beside us, and some colorful fish in the reef.  As we were climbing back into the catamaran to head back in, the clouds began to break and the day ended up sunny again!  My floppy hat didn't fare too well through the rain, however.

 As we were leaving St. Thomas, we decided to dress up again and head out to one of the impersonation shows.  It was a lovely evening, and we had a great time watching Steven Tyler, Madonna, and Elvis sing and dance!

I mentioned how lovely our dinners were, right?  We always had a table for two, often at a window, and had impeccable service.  Needless to say, I did not loose any weight on this trip!!