Our first stop Key West started out cloudy but really warm so we headed off to our excursion Parasailing. The girls got harnessed up and we looked out and saw a huge black cloud wall barrelling down on us. Unfortunately that was as close as we got to parasailing, the kids were really bummed but I have to admit I was OK with it. :-)
After a day at sea full of eating, playing cards and watching shows we docked at Grand Cayman. I LOVE Cayman! It is absolutely beautiful and we spent the day with my favorite activities, snorkeling, swimming w/ sting rays and sunbathing on a white sand beach. it was a bit windy and there was talk of closing Sting Ray city sandbar but our tour guide decided to chance it. Last time we were there we shared the experience with 200 other people this time we were the only boat out there and we only had 10 people on our boat. A little freaky jumping into the middle of the ocean all by yourself but pretty cool not being crowded out by hoards of people. We did have 5-6 foot waves hitting us standing on a sandbar w/ water to our chest but it was a a cool adventure. Then we went snorkeling which was pretty new to the kids but they absolutely loved it. The rest of the day was spent on the beach while the kids rented jet skis, perfect day!
Off to Jamaica...shopping, climbing Dunns Rivers Falls and lunch, a great way to spend our anniversary. We reserved a 3 hour tour and ended up spending almost 6 hours full of different shopping experiences ( markets where the girls got a little intimidated and later the guys being offered drugs to an awesome Harley Davidson store w/ a bar in the middle of it) climbing the falls ( fun but ended up really painful with a hugely banged up knee cap when i tangled with a sharp rock) and ending with a buffet lunch w/ free beer for the boys ( that totally made up for all the shopping :-) )
When we got back to Ft Lauderdale Saturday we drove to Palm Beach and spent the afternoon on an air boat looking for alligators. Curt & Nate felt like Horatio Cane from CSI and we saw tons of alligators up close and personal.
We had a great time and it helped make this never ending winter feel just a little bit shorter. :-)
Lido deck on our ship the Freedom, we got to watch the playoff games on that big screen which was pretty cool.
Group shot at Sting Ray City in Cayman
The boys not too sure about our friendly sting rays.
Happy 21st Anniversary at Dunns Rivers Falls!
