Mon., 1/7/19...Brunch at Platinum Restaurant, Nice day at Sea, Elegant Night on the ship

Bill, Wes, Gayla and Joel (me in the mirror) eating breakfast at the Platinum

 
Bill and I at breakfast

Bill and Wes had Filet Mignon and Eggs

Joel

Billy

Bill doing his exercises

Me doing my exercises

Joel doing arm exercises

Wes Exercising...Bill watching

We listened to this guy play the guitar and sing.  He sounded really good.  We were on the third floor and you could look up to the 9th floor.

The glass elevators that went up to the 9th floor

Bill

Bill and I dressed for Elegant Night on the ship

Animal of the night....I think it is a sloth but not sure

Met Wes, Gayla and Joel at our restaurant for Brunch.  The guys had filet mignon steak, eggs and potatoes.  Gayla and I had fresh fruit and I had a vegetable omelet and corned beef hash. So good!  We walked around the upper decks and hung out with Joel while Wes and Gayla went up to the very top deck where wheelchairs can’t go.  It was in the 80’s and sunny today.  We went to the gym and all did a machine.  Bill and I walked around after that and then went for pizza.  We ate by the back pool.  Relaxed in lounge chairs by the pool for a while.  They refill the pools with ocean water every day.  The water is pretty cool!  We went and listen to a guy sing and play the guitar.  He sang nice music and was very talented.  We saw everyone dressed up so realized it was elegant night.  We went and got dressed up and went to have our picture taken.  It was fun seeing everyone dressed fancy.  I wore the dress I wore for Kimmy’s wedding.  Glad it still fit since I don’t have many fancy dresses.  We ate at our restaurant.  Wes, Gayla and Joel went to eat on the 9th floor because they did the dress up night on another cruise already.  We sat at our regular table with a very nice couple from India and their grandson who is going to college in the USA.  We changed after that and went to the Amber Palace to see the Motown Music Performance by the same group as last night.  They did music from the 69’s and 70’s and were amazing again.  Joel has a massage appt. to help his muscles relax, so Bill and I went by ourselves.  We played 3-13 at Wes and Gayla’s afterward. Wes won but I beat Bill by one point so that was the highlight of the game!

1/6/19..took the shuttle boat to Half Moon Cay Bahamas. Went on the beach, had a great lunch

Bill having coffee while he waits for the Butcher family to join us for breakfast in the Lido

Bill and I waiting for our number to be called to get off the ship.  Wes, Gayla, and Joel were supposed to be the number after ours, but they called their number too.
We were so happy when they let them on the shuttle boat with us.

                   Gayla and Joel waiting for their number to be called to get off the ship

Gayla, Wes and Joel on the Shuttle boat to the Half Moon Cay Bahamas

Bill and I on the shuttle boat

All of us on the shuttle boat heading from our ship to the Island

Old Ship Restaurant there

Joel on the shuttle boat

Wes and Joel

Wes, Joel and Bill

Me and Bill shopping for our tee shirts.

Bill, Wes and Joel

Our Ship Crew repaired a delicious meal for us on the Island

Wes, Joel, me and Bill

Wes, Joel, me and Bill

Took this picture of the rooster.  Hens and roosters walked all over while we were eating.

Our ship waiting for us

Beautiful clear water

Bill and I

 

Bill and I with our ship in the background

Bill

Me and Bill

Wes, Gayla, and Joel

Bill just leaving the food wash.  The sand is like powder and sticks to your feet.

The beautiful beach...Lots of lounge chairs

Joel, Bill and Wes went swimming.  Gayla and I felt the water and it was too cold.  Joel's face says it all.  They put ocean water in.  They drain it every day and put fresh cold water in it. Burr

It really touched my heart when Bill and Wes were trying to help Joel get out of the pool and these two kind men ran to help.  Then the guy in the pool came to help too.  A lot of kindness is in this picture.

Picture taken from our balcony

The veterans on the ship.  They honored them.  The guy on the left of Bill is a World War II veteran and is 95.  He was such a nice man.

Bill, Joel and I listening to music on the 3rd floor of the ship

Joel listening to music

We went to see the performance...Get a Way Island

It was beautiful in Amber Palace

Cute elephant they made up out of towels for us

Me and my new pet

Bill...Playing cards in Wes and Gayla's room

Gayla and Joel

Wes and Bill...We played Skip Bo

We met Wes, Gayla and Joel for breakfast on the upper deck.  I just ate oatmeal, grapefruit, pineapple, and melon today since there is so much food every day.  

Anything you could want for any meal!

After breakfast, we took a shuttle boat over to Half Moon Cay Bahamas.  It was real cloudy at first.  We each bought a T-shirt and then walked around. We walked down to the beach and waded in.  What a beautiful color and a great sandy beach.  There was no way to get Joel down there though.  We ate a great lunch provided by our cruise crew and sat in a pavilion to eat it.  Chickens roamed around while we ate.  We didn’t feed them any chicken ha ha.  We walked around sightseeing some more and then took the boat back to our ship.  Such a nice day.  Came back and lots of people were still on the Island, so we went up to pool.  We all helped Joel get sitting on the side of the pool since they didn’t have a lift.  Wes, Bill, and two very nice 

guys got Joel in and out of the water.  Joel was so happy!  Wes and Bill got in with him.  The water was too cool for Gayla and I.  We just relaxed in the loungers.  

Bill went to a veterans mixer to meet other veterans.  Nice that they do that.  I sat on our balcony and caught up on my blog.  

We ate a delicious dinner and then went to see a performance called Getaway Island.  There were four guys and four girls and they sang and danced in an island play.  They were amazing!  Went to Wes and Gayla’s cabin and played Skipbo. Gayla was the winner.