These next couple of posts will be all about the cruise...
That's right, I said P O S T S.
We saw so much that I couldn't possible sum it all up in one post!
First thing is first.
T R A V E L I N G
After looking at flights online, Katie Gibbs (M I K E' S S I S T E R) found it would be significantly cheaper to drive to Vegas and fly from there. As nice as it was to save the money, it made traveling E X T R A long!
We left Saturday afternoon and drove to Aunt Ruth and Uncle Tom's house in Las Vegas.
They were kind enough to let us stay there the night instead of having to pay for a hotel room.
We woke up early the next morning and caught our flight to Miami, where we caught our connecting flight to Puerto Rico!
Everyone on the plane slept except for me.
Literally...
E V E R Y O N E!
It was miserable.
Once we finally got to Puerto Rico, we were shuttled to the
Carnival Valor which was our incredible ship!
Believe it or not, this was one of the smaller cruise ships!
Once we were all checked in, we went to the dining room for dinner,
and spent the evening exploring the ship!
Here is a little of what we saw:
This is on the Lido Deck.
They had pools up here, hot tubs, a mini golf course, and even a track!
This is the other view of the Lido Deck.
Yes, this is a water slide...
This is the main lobby!
It was crazy extravagant!
D A Y T W O: S T. J O H N S
Technically we ported on St. Martin, but since it is the busiest port in the Caribbean, we decided to take a ferry a little ways across the ocean to St. Johns. This ended up being a splendid idea! Once arrived, we got a taxi to a beach that was supposed to have fabulous snorkeling.
These pictures are from the ride from St. Martin to St. Johns.
G O R G E O U S.
We were absolutely stunned!
The water was crystal clear and breath taking.
We had never seen anything like it.
Not sorry about the gorgeous entrance to the beach!
Once on St. Johns, we took a taxi to the beach.
Probably one of scariest car rides of my life! They drive on the opposite side of the road, and are the most aggressive drivers I have ever seen!
It felt like we were going to die when all the sudden, we pull up on this:
P U R E P A R A D I S E
It was overwhelmingly beautiful!
It is kind of unreal to think that places like this exist!
I may or may not have made my sister-in-law say a prayer with me to thank Heavenly Father that we were able to be in such a beautiful place!
Today was also Katie and Shawn's wedding anniversary! We had no idea they would be celebrating with us until the night before!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
After spending the day in paradise snorkeling and soaking up some awesome sun(BURN) we returned to the ship to shower and get ready for dinner. On the ship, they assign you a table and a waiter that will be with you for the length of your trip.
Meet the team:
Actually I have no idea who these people are except for the one in the black vest... He is our waiter, Juan. Dinner was one of our favorite parts of the ship. You order as much as you want! Michael would always order at least 2 starters, 1 entree, and 3-4 desserts every night!
They would also do little dance performers!
Hence the blurry picture. ☟
That night we attended one of the shows in the theater there. It was the worst performance we had ever seen. It was as though we were watching an elementary school play... but D E F I N I T E L Y not as cute.
Basically we fled the theater as quick as we could and ended up on the deck to play some
D I R T Y M A R B L E S.
This is how we felt about the shows on the ship...
(K A T I E A N D I K I C K E D T H E I R B U T T S T H I S R O U N D O F M A R B L E S.)
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