Vacation Recap

Our mini-vacation was fabulous. Ryan and I went on a short cruise from Miami to Coco Cay and Nassau. Here's the recap (we aren't good at taking pictures, hated asking people, and plain ol' forgot so these were about all we have to share).

Thursday night: Grandma and Grandpa Sladky arrived with Rosie to begin their weekend of fun.

Friday morning I did laundry, finished packing, and got G & G all up to speed on Miller. Then we headed to the port around 12:30.

It was a quick entry to the boat. We feel like pro's having been on 3 cruises. Since we never purchase the pictures, Ryan made a silly face in our picture. We tried to take a picture of it but got busted so it didn't turn out very well. We were also asked if we were brother and sister. I guess two blue eyed, fair skinned beauties like ourselves stood out amongst the sea of ethnicity that didn't include Minnesotan.

We were pretty low key the first day. We didn't do too much touring the boat since we had cruised on it before. We knew where stuff was and what we liked to do so we stashed our carry-on and headed to the pool deck for a drink. Then we scoped out a spot in our favorite lounge and read a magazine.

We did dining "whenever" which was super nice. It was early to bed the first night as we were exhausted from a long week of work. Then we were up early on Saturday to head to Coco Cay for some sea kayaking.

We fought the first way to the second island-dual kayaks, not a good way to relax. After we paddled to the second island; we took a break and then got over our angst. We paddled back to the island in synch and had no harsh words. I wouldn't say we were well oiled but we had it figured out. We each had one drink, walked around a bit and then headed back to the boat for lunch and to clean up. We spent the rest of the day reading and rotating from lounge to lounge to stay warm and follow the sun. It was too hot and humid to be outside and we already did a morning of it in the ocean.

Saturday was formal night. We dressed up and I actually bought a picture of us. I need to find a frame and cut the 8 x 10 down since about 4+ inches of it are all boob. We didn't get a good picture of me so you will have to savor Ryan looking dapper in his tie. We listened to the WORST guitar lounge singer ever. He was painful and quite a disappointment. We did stay out until after midnight that night.

Sunday we slept in until 10am. A first in over a year and probably the last for quite some time. We headed over to Nassau and did a few blocks of tourism. We weren't in the mood to do much sight seeing and we were too cheap to pay to go to Atlantis. I didn't find any bargains at the straw market either. We ate an overpriced lunch as Sr. Frogs and then headed back for more reading and relaxing. Here's me in an island get-up.

Leaving Nassau...
The last evening we ate another good dinner and then headed out for a casual evening. We saw the 70's show in the Chorus Line Theatre and then headed to bed. See, we look relaxed don't we?

My dad picked us up this morning and then we headed home. I cleaned the house, Ryan did laundry, we made a trip to Big Al's for saltwater and then to Target for a few items. Now we are home and I am ready for another vacation. I don't want to go to work tomorrow but I have to pay for our trip somehow.