Cruise Day 6, 7 and departure (Jan 16-18)

Days 6 and 7 were both at sea days. After getting up early and exploring the Mayan Ruins the day before, no one wanted to get up early on day 6. When we did get up, we had a very fine breakfast. We did not do much after breakfast but we had a very fine lunch in the main dining room. The made to order salad was incredibly good. Joseph was getting really good at the art of making ice cream cones. Here is one of his creations.In the afternoon we found a deck of cards and played hearts. I won! I got to 100 points first!! Oh wait a minute, that’s not winning.

We saw a couple of dolphins swimming along side our ship, so I tried several times to take a picture. This shot was a little late, but it was the best.

This was the sunset through the clouds as viewed from our balcony.

On day 7, we ate breakfast in the main dining room and had Juan for our waiter. He was our waiter for dinner each night. He was great. He really took care of us.

One of the guys at our dinner table each night was Snider York. He and the rest of his group were very entertaining. He had entered in the Texas Hold’Em tournament on the ship and won his table in the first round. The final round was on the last day at sea, so we all went to watch him and root for him. If he won the final round, he would win a cruise for two, and the big championship tournament would be on that cruise and the winner would get $100,000. He said if he won both tournaments, he would take us all on a cruise with him, so we wanted to cheer him on.

This is Joseph not sure if he is allowed to be in the casino.

This is the tournament in process. I did not want to photograph too closely while they were playing and have anyone get cranky. Out of 7 people in the final round, Snider was the 3rd to be eliminated. I guess we will have to pay for our next cruise.

We got off the ship early Sunday morning. We did the express checkout where you leave early and take all of your luggage with you. We were through customs about 8am. We were dressed in our church clothes and planned on going back to the same 9am sacrament meeting we attended the week before. As we were standing in line for customs, a lady in a dress came up to me and asked which ward we were planning on attending. I told her and then got her cell phone number so we could call with the details on how to get there after we got back to our car. They got to church the same time as us.

This is the last photo in the parking lot with our ship in the background.

In spite of the rainy and colder than normal weather, we really had a great time.
It was still way warmer than the -2 degrees Fahrenheit in St. Louis.