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I woke up a
bit before the other three, but I just laid in bed, enjoying the slight rocking
motion of the ship as it was steaming west back towards the Bahamas. The westward portion of the trip definitely
seemed to be less choppy than the eastern portion for this particular cruise.
Eventually,
we all were up – we were not in any real hurry today, as there were no major
plans. We all hoped that the ropes
course would be open, and, at first glance on the balcony, the winds didn’t
seem too bad. Despite having no plans
and not needing to be anywhere, we were all up and ready for breakfast by 7:30. We decided Savor for breakfast.
Breakfast
was done quickly, so we decided to venture up to the Sports area to see how
busy the mini golf course was. It was
DEAD!!! I strapped on the GoPro and made
a complete fool of myself videoing the entire round. I’ll save you the gruesome documentation
(think Happy Gilmore meets Blair Witch).
After we
finished, we checked the clock to make sure we were doing good on time; we
decided to stop by the 5 o’Clock Somewhere Bar to do a little pre-Glow Party
painting on the t-shirts that we brought.
We played a bit of lawn bowling and then headed down to get in
line. At 9:15, several members from the event staff showed
up with shirts, paint, and brushes/toothpicks.
Jackie was among them, and, as I got up to where he was in the line, I
asked how he was still standing after doing the 70s/80s Dance the previous
night. He smiled and admitted that he
was dragging a little bit. I told him
how great of a job he and the rest of the staff were doing as I grabbed some
paint and made my way to where the others were.
Most of the
Mushfam was putting their names/nicknames on their t-shirts. I opted for something more sentimental…a
tribute to Bob Ross. I put a happy
little tree on the front and, after realizing just how bad/ugly/forlorn it was,
put an arrow pointing up to the neck with the words “NOT Bob Ross” underneath.
We took our
shirts back to our stateroom to dry. The time was just before 10:00…the time
that the ropes course was to open. Sheri
determined around the time that we booked the cruise that she was definitely not doing the ropes course, so she
became the de facto photographer. I again
played the role of
“guy-that-looks-like-an-idiot-with-a-Go-Pro-strapped-to-his-forehead” and got
harnessed up with Aaron and Eric.
I won’t bore
you with the details….WHAT A RUSH!!!
I’ll admit here and now that our boys know no fear, and they displayed
that as they walked out on the plank that hung over the ship (with only water
below you). Neither of them blinked when
the photographer asked them to let go:
I made it
out on the plank, too, and got a picture, but remember the role I was playing
(yeah, it was THAT bad).
I had a
couple of women behind me that were probably 5-10 years older than me, and,
while we waited to cross the various beams/ropes/etc., we talked quite a bit to
each other. One of them got stuck on the
first zipline right after I crossed, and it became the talk of the rest of
their time up on the course!
If you can
handle heights, I strongly recommend that you do the ropes course – it is about
as high on the ship as you can go, and the views are simply breath-taking on
the top level!!
We did
pretty much the entire course in about 30 minutes. There were some places where you had to wait,
but that is to be expected. For
something included in the cruise fare, oh yeah….definitely a thumbs-up from me!
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| Hi Mom (literally) |
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| Show-off! |
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| Aaron flying through the course |
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| Never looked worse! (but the view up there!!!) |
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| Seriously...quit showing off! |
After the
ropes course, we headed back to the room to drop off a couple of items and then
made our way to the atrium. It was close
enough to noon (about 10:45), so Sheri and I got a couple of drinks at
O’Sheehan’s while we sat around and people-watched for a while. The boys made their way to the arcade for a
bit. At 11:15, we grabbed some chairs at
the edge of the Atrium to watch master pastry chef Jackie do a cupcake
decorating demonstration.
Let’s just
say that there were a lot of laughs at that one!
After that
was TV trivia, so we had to stay and try our hand at that (we didn’t win). Once the trivia was over, we all realized
that we were getting hungry (though, knowing the boys, they likely had already
been in the buffet twice since breakfast).
The weather was beautiful…actually, I guess I should say that “The
Weather is Here…I Wish You Were Beautiful!” (it’s one of my favorite Buffett
songs).
Yep – we
opted for lunch at Margaritaville!
Why?
We haven’t
had a Cheeseburger in Paradise yet!
(plus, Orly
was playing up there)
We walked in
and exchanged big smiles with Orly as we were seated. Sheri opted for a Landshark Lager, while the
License to Chill called to me (silver tequila, blue curacao, and margarita
mix). The server accidentally called it
a License to Kill, and, based on the amount of tequila, it may have been a
better name. It was GOOD, but it had
some power in it!
Of course, I
ordered another one later on (insert evil grin here)
The burgers
were good…really good! The boys ended up
running out after a while, and Sheri and I just sat and enjoyed being
there. Good food, great music, amazing
surroundings, and I was with the love of my life.
I might have
actually started to relax for a bit around this time.
(Continued...HERE!)
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