Cruisen Part 1

We went on a cruise February tenth through the seventeenth. Randy and LouAnn, Sarah, Josh, and Jaime and Matt came with us. We caught a flight Thursday night at 11 p.m. and arrived in Miami around 8 a.m. 

 We got on the ship around 11 and set sail headed to Key West around 5.

 We were all set up to have a later dining time, so we didn't eat until 8:30! That was a big change since we are usually in bed by around 8:30.

We did enjoy the sunset our first night aboard.

 Before dinner we went to the Welcome Aboard Production Showtime. 

Then it was off to dinner. Luckily we were able to get a table all together.

After dinner we were beat, we went straight to bed. We had to get up early for Key West in the morning.

We were one of the first ones off the boat Saturday morning. Jaime, Matt, Josh and Sarah all decided they wanted to go para sailing. Me and Mike opted out of that one. While they were out we walked around the docks and did a little shopping.

 When they got back we drove out past the southern most point of the United States. Then me and Mike went to Hemingway's house for a tour.

 It was pretty interesting. We found out he was a pretty big ladies man. He was married at least 4 times. He wrote a lot of his stuff in the years that he was in Key West.

 He liked animals and didn't believe in getting them spayed or neutered. So he had a lot of cats, not just any cats, 6 toed cats.  They were the weirdest things, there thumbs were opposable and everything. I think they said they have 57 cats right now!

 We also learned that he was a good fisherman and could catch a swordfish almost every time he went out.

 After Hemingway's house we did a little shopping, got some souvenirs for the kids, then we headed to the little Whitehouse.

 President Truman spent quite a bit of time there along with several other presidents since.

 We had a great day in Key West. A lot of walking, but we had fun. On our way back to the ship we stopped for some Key Lime Pie...we heard it was a must. It was ok, I was expecting pie and what we got was more like cheesecake. 

 Back on the ship we had a late lunch, then headed up for a ping pong tournament. Matt is the only one to make it past round one. But we all still had fun.

We got all dressed up and around 7 and went to the theater for a comedian, his name was Al Ducharme. He was pretty funny.

 Then we were off to dinner. The food was ok. It was always fun to see what our towel animal would be. This little doggie was so cute.

Now we were ready for a day at sea.