Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Day 2-Key West, Florida

On our second day of the cruise we stopped at Key West, Florida. We started the day off by doing a Kayak Adventure. A small boat took us about 15 minutes away from the shore, then we kayaked around an island of mangrove trees, swam in the ocean a bit, then headed back. The area we kayaked in was quite shallow (2-3 feet in most areas) and had baby sharks swimming all over. I tried several times to take a picture of the sharks but they were faster than I was. It's quite a challenge to kayak, try to take pictures, and keep your camera dry all at the same time.
Here we are headed back to our ship. I'm sure we are discussing something extremely important, but I can't remember what it was. It was beautiful out there in the ocean and for a brief moment I wished the kids could be with to experience the beauty of it all.
This is a shot of us and the ship behind us, the Grandeur of the Seas. And it definetely is grand!
Our formal dinner that night had a little bit fancier dinner. This is escargo (snails for those of you who are uneducated like I was). It was drowning in butter and possibly cheese, but not too bad. It reminded me of mushrooms. When we were deciding what to order for our appetizers I asked the waiter, Roshan, how many snails were in one order. My friend Serg was deeply embarrassed and appalled that I referredto escargo as snails. How dare I!


Here is our nightly group shot out on the deck. It was kindof fun to be able to dress up each evening. And I must thank my dear friend Lisa Simpson for letting me borrow all her jewelry. Who knew I liked to wear it?! And yes, I did buy a new dress just for this occasion. Actually I bought two, but I could only wear one.

That night there was a karaoke shindig. There were some very good singers, some very bad singers, and a lot of surprises. Of course Serg was brave enough to get up and do a little number. And he also had the most people dancing along by the time he finished. He did a fantastic job and hopefully everyone back in his home church will get to watch their bishop singing and dancing to LaBamba! Also, this is so cool, the first guy to sing a song PROPOSED to his girlfriend at the end of it! He must've been practicing for a long time, because he knew the song like no other and didn't look at the words even once. It was so fun to watch something so sweet.










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