We've had one of the worst winters in recent years with record snowfall, record rain fall and days of grey skies. Time for a break, warm sunny Florida HERE I COME! Arrived Feb. 27th to warm air, blue skies and sunshine.
The vacation was wonderful, more than wonderful! Florida sunshine, lazy afternoons at the pool,rousing bingo games at night and of course lots of shopping shopping shopping. Thanks to Barb and Don I was able to attend my first ever Pro Baseball game. Toronto Blue Jays lost to Tampa Devil Rays - GO RAYS. Another thing to cross off my list of 1000 things to do before I die.
We drove 2 & 1/2 hrs to Port Canaveral to board the Mariner of the Seas. Close to the cape you are treated to some spectacular scenery. The air was clear enough that from the deck of the ship we could see the space station silo where they build the rockets. Unfortunately my wee camera doesn't have the oompf to show it, but maybe Don can photoshop it when I get home.
Caribbean Blue Water, something we never saw growing up in Saskatchewan, still looks fake to me. Nothing can be that blue naturally! When we got home and downloaded all our photos almost half were water shots. Something I'll have to work on if I'm ever going to become a decent photographer.
Our first day onboard the Mariner was quite a learning experience. With 3114 passengers, and length of 1020 feet it did take some getting used to and we certainly put on the miles as we trekked back and forth trying to find our way to various locations.
On day 3 we discovered that by remembering the phrase "laft aft", and turning left when exiting our cabin, we would end up at the rear of the ship where the buffet and adult hot tub resided. What more could a girl ask for?
My present problem seems to be my inability to focus on the mundane things like dusting, cleaning floors, cooking and doing laundry. Cruising has spoiled me for life. We were warned onboard that this could become a problem and now I believe it.The room steward was crafty and left us animal treats on our bed at night, some were just too cute to dismantle.
The vacation was wonderful, more than wonderful! Florida sunshine, lazy afternoons at the pool,rousing bingo games at night and of course lots of shopping shopping shopping. Thanks to Barb and Don I was able to attend my first ever Pro Baseball game. Toronto Blue Jays lost to Tampa Devil Rays - GO RAYS. Another thing to cross off my list of 1000 things to do before I die.
We drove 2 & 1/2 hrs to Port Canaveral to board the Mariner of the Seas. Close to the cape you are treated to some spectacular scenery. The air was clear enough that from the deck of the ship we could see the space station silo where they build the rockets. Unfortunately my wee camera doesn't have the oompf to show it, but maybe Don can photoshop it when I get home.
Caribbean Blue Water, something we never saw growing up in Saskatchewan, still looks fake to me. Nothing can be that blue naturally! When we got home and downloaded all our photos almost half were water shots. Something I'll have to work on if I'm ever going to become a decent photographer.
Our first day onboard the Mariner was quite a learning experience. With 3114 passengers, and length of 1020 feet it did take some getting used to and we certainly put on the miles as we trekked back and forth trying to find our way to various locations. 
On day 3 we discovered that by remembering the phrase "laft aft", and turning left when exiting our cabin, we would end up at the rear of the ship where the buffet and adult hot tub resided. What more could a girl ask for? 
My present problem seems to be my inability to focus on the mundane things like dusting, cleaning floors, cooking and doing laundry. Cruising has spoiled me for life. We were warned onboard that this could become a problem and now I believe it.The room steward was crafty and left us animal treats on our bed at night, some were just too cute to dismantle.
