Tuesday, February 17, 2009

First Days at Sea

Cutting across the Gulf of Mexico and anticipating a stamp on my passport, I was excited to feel alive again... The boat was Carnival's MS Holiday, and come to find out, one of the smaller boats out their. But for us, we didn't know any different, just what others on the boat with several cruises under their belts, have told us. But with land still far off, we obviously got creative with our time.


































This is our dinner table with the Bakes. It was formal night, or captian's night...something, but the one night we needed to dress up nicely. A bit fuzzy, oh well.





















I wish this picture turned out...but the moon was so bright and beautiful. It shown on the water so brilliantly and majestically on the dark, mysterious water. Seriously, out their on the big open water in the dark, it's almost scary. But to have the moon peirce through the darkness was so enchanting.































These pictures truly don't tell the whole story. We are obviuosly on the top of the boat miniture golfing, but the part that isn't so obvious is...it was like a wind tunnel! It felt like 50 mile/hr winds, but probably only 30-35. Let's just say my hair was curly before this activity...


Going down toward Mexico was rough water. The wind made the boat sway back and forth a lot. If I didn't have my mind on other things, I would start to feel pretty yucky. (Most people told us these littler boats can really feel the waves).






























At the back of the boat...wondering if waterskiing is an option on that wake!

1 comment:

Jill Ison said...

i was just thinkin yesterday how much i don't care for wind :)