Icewind's Ramblings

Cruise Day 5 – Georgetown , Grand Cayman – September 20, 2007 It was nice arriving into port this morning with two other cruise line ships arriving within minutes of each other. All three ships anchored in the harbor and would use tender boats to ferry passengers to shore. The Carnival Cruise ship Conquest was moored to our right while the Caribbean Princess was stationed to our left. We took our time getting everyone moving this morning as we did not have any scheduled activities booked through the ship. We ate a leisurely breakfast before heading to shore missing the mad rush by those ‘early wanderers’ on the first tender boats. We wanted to hit the public beach for some snorkeling and found a nice lady taxi driver to take us there. We requested that she return to pick us up later so everyone could enjoy the afternoon at Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Cayman Islands, and make our last stop at the Tortuga Rum store for the requested presents by friends and co-work...

Part 2 September 19, 2007 We arrived back aboard ship approximately 45 minutes prior to sailing to our next port, Georgetown on Grand Cayman . We were both exhausted as the time spent ashore was hot, humid, and with very little breeze except while we were on top of the mountain getting rigged up to make our way down the zip lines. The first order of business when we returned was to order room service since we had not eaten anything except a light breakfast and drink the bottle of water both of us had taken. We did not think we could hold out any longer or even make our normal dinner tonight so we ordered plenty of food before taking our showers. Lucky for us today was laundry day so everything was gathered up and ready for Matthew. He had left us a bag for laundry with special pricing so we crammed as much as we could into the plastic bag and had it ready for his evening pick up. Deb crashed as soon as she finished eating and I felt like a nap too but I’m now si...

*Note – As I am working putting this together (uploading pictures and finishing writing this) it is snowing slightly this morning. The weather this weekend has been cool and wet with the temperatures in the mid 30’s and falling into the upper 20’s overnight. I raked leaves yesterday morning trying to prepare for winter. Today it tried to snow so it will not be much longer before the snow level drops lower than the mountaintops. I may have complained on vacation about it being hot but it was nice for a short period of time. The darkness of winter approaches as we continually lose about 5 minutes of daylight a day now but it has been nice looking at the pictures and writing about the trip. I hope you enjoy it too. Ocho Rios , Jamaica - September 19, 2007 (Wednesday) I awoke early and enjoyed the quiet of the ship in the predawn hours before the time when the bowels of the ship seems to come to life as people get out of bed and start their day with a walk to t...