Adventure In The Great Wide Somewhere

After hanging out on the verandah for a while, Ben headed out to retrieve Kylee from the Oceaneer Lab. (With less kids in the clubs on port days, Kylee doesn't like to hang around long. She loves dropping in, but she wants to leave after only an activity or two.) Back out of the suite. Ben picked up Kylee for some daddy daughter time and a quick Cabanas lunch. As he sat looking out over the island, he started receiving texts. (Yay for US territories and our wireless plan!) Pictures of blue water, tropical hills and beaches. The house and pool from the opening scenes of almost every episode of Charlie's Angels. Yes, we were texting Ben pictures from our port adventure. Chris and I were back onboard the ferry and heading back to St. Thomas. Hi Dumbo! The coolest part about pulling into the port on the ferry is that it drops off directly under the bow of the Disney Fantasy. Pulling alongside the ship, you realize how gigantic they are in the scheme of...

After waking up bright and early and popping out on deck to watch the ship slide past other beautiful islands, Ben awoke as we pulled into port in St. Thomas.  Pulling into port at St. Thomas I ducked into the lounge to fetch Chris and I some fruit and cereal bowls to eat in our suite, but had second thoughts about it and we ate on our verandah instead. Could you really blame us?  Warning: This blog post may induce a sudden urge to drop everything and head for the U.S. Virgin Islands  Sixth cruise. Six of me in the picture. I'm not sure this practice is sustainable; getting six in the picture is hard! Chris and I ate, slathered our arms and faces in sunscreen and reported to the Walt Disney Theatre. Despite getting to our tour group only a few minutes before our tickets, there is a fair amount of waiting and filing into groups as they assign stickers to the various passengers to try to keep us all heading in the right direction.  Off on an adventure....