Crusing the Eastern Caribbean - Part 2*

We ran out of memory space doing the previous posting and had to purchase additional memory, i.e. $5/year for 20GB...  
Here we continue the cruise story....

Holland American's EURODAM

86,700 tons - 935.6 feet long - 105.9 feet wide

2,104 guest - 925 crew - max speed 23.9 knots

Ringing the dinner chimes....

John, Connie, Jane & Nevel on formal dinner night.

Our dinner table

John - Connie - Larry

Nevel - Jane - Kathlene

Entering San Juan harbor.

Hiking in Puerto Rico's rain Forrest.

                                            The Eurodam under lights, San Juan Harbor

Celebrity cruise ship Solitice in St. Thomas, VI.

The Eurodam off Half Moon Cay, Bahamas.

Sipping Pina Coladas on Half Moon Cay.

 Connie painting miniature water colors on the beach.

                                  The champagne and dipped strawberries caught up with us

                                  and we celebrate John's birthday again, same birthday!

                        Another important date of the cruise.                                    

                                     A week later, back in Ft. Lauderdale. The cruise ship

                                     Oasis of the Seas in the background.

                                    That's all for now..........  C&J

Crusing the Eastern Caribbean on the Eurodam.

It is very possible that Connie and I took a combined 1,500+ digital images over our seven day Eastern Caribbean  cruise February 12-19. In order to share our times with family and friends in an expeditious manner I will be posting only a dozen or so photos on this shortened blog posting.

This blog will be about people and the things we enjoyed.  Sail along with us!

Departing a cool 73 degrees Ft. Lauderdale's Port Everglades.

Life boat drill, ladies and children off first.

 

An after dinner drink with Jane and Nevel to celebrate John's birthday.

Jimmy Buffet's Margaretiville, Grand Turk.

Gentle wind, cool breeze 80+ degrees.

The Eurodam in Grand Turk.

Breakfast in our cabin/stateroom.

Connie painting in watercolors.

                             Jane, Nevel, Connie and John at the rain forrest outside San Juan, PR.

                                                      The falls in the rain forrest.

John's yogert parfit breakfast on the fan tail.

Sailing to Saint John,USVI to snorkel.

Formal night.

Opps! I'm out of storage space on this blog posting.  Will have to continue on another day!



A little rest and relaxation in the sun!

Over President's Day week Jeanne Ellen, Ali and Carolyn flew in for a visit, refugees from the frozen North.

Meals and chatting on the la nai, sunning at the pools, relaxing at the spa were orders of  the day.

It was a most enjoyable time by all..............

At the member's club.....

A visit with Ann....

Catching more sun.

                                                     
                                       The scenic preserve as a back ground.......

Jeanne Ellen shows off snails she has found.......

Off on an alligator hunt.

Mom and girls......

Oooops!    Time to go.  It was fun!

 

                                                    

A neat Florida experience!

One of the neat things to do when in Florida is to witness a rocket launch from the Kennedy Space Center.
While you might make detailed plans there is always the chance that the weather conditions, space craft technical problems, etc. could delay the launch and you will have to scrub your plans.  It is best to have a Plan B.
We had been talking about taking in the final launch of the space shuttle Discovery in November 2010. Then, it was postponed twice in December. Finally, February 24, 2011 looked like it was the date. We planned to drive 2 1/2 hours, find a viewing spot nearby, and wait 6 hours for the lift off. But, the more we thought about it, we decided on a less time consuming plan, to give us a decent viewing site, would be wise.

We drove an hour North and picked Ft. Pierce's Jetty Park to view the late afternoon launch from. We were still some 90 miles away from the space center. But it was a beautiful spot, we had a good time and saw Discovery heading for the international space station on her final voyage.  Take a look!

We brought our picnic basket on wheels.

We had our brand new beach chairs.

                                                           On the Ft. Pierce Inlet!

As launch time approached, we were joined by others!

 

                                                     4:52 PM and Discovery is on its way!

Higher and higher!

Lifting through the clouds.

                                                      

Discovery riding it's booster rockets!

Discovery on it's way!!!!!

At the other end of the jetty we found a small group of Pelicans waiting on the local fishermen to return with their day's catch.

                                            The picture taking had just started.

                                 A young pelican shows it's flying skills.

Coming in for a landing!

A great day for flying!

                An adult Brown Pelican (an endangered specis) in Winter Plumage poses for a photo.

Until later, C&J