12-6-2010
We still do not start too early, hey it is a vacation, right? After several attempts to get through the ship from front to back we got to the dining area to get some breakfast. Not all floors got through the entire length of the ship, so you have to weave your way around the middle open sections, the elevator shafts, etc. Not much to say about breakfast. Actually what can you say?
Here we are pulling into St. Thomas.
Pulling in”
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We gathered up stuff and got off the ship to head to the beach.
On the way to the beach with the ship in the background.
Very beautiful island
First stop was Magen’s Beach. It is supposed to be rated one of the most beautiful beaches. It was pretty and the kids had a great time. I was an old food and had little interest in getting in the water. After the day before, my back hurt, my feet hurt, I really didn’t want Fumunga cheese, so I found nice park bench, flat and laid out to help my back and nap a little.
I did enjoy watching the birds diving for fish right in amongst the people and the Iguanas that were not too scared of people. As I was trying to nap on the bench several came up close and then there was a crowd that had to come and get pictures so – no more nap. Here are a few of the pictures from Magen’s beach:
Some in, some out, a beach party.”
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Birds diving to capture fish among the swimmers”
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“Iguanas sneaking in to check for dropped food. “
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After a few hours at this beach we loaded in another taxi and went to Sapphire beach that is supposed to be good for snorkeling. I didn’t snorkel either but that didn’t stop the kids. They all seemed to enjoy it. I had a good time again watching the people. And these are pictures from that Sapphire beach.
“View down the beach at Sapphire beach.”
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Building sand castles”
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The Sand castle at Sapphire beach”
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Ethan and MaMa walking the beach at Sapphire beach
After a couple more hours of beach fun we got another taxi and back to the boat. So we actually made a pretty big loop around the Island of St Thomas.
Once back at the boat we did a little shopping in the near shops, looked at a lot of trinkets and stuff and bought a sea-shell tree ornament (whoo – big spenders – but after the taxis running $48 for us we cut the shopping spree down – HA!).
We got back on the boat and it pulled out at 5 PM.
“End of the day, ship pulling away for a day at sea.”
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Sun set over St. Thomas
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We rested up a little, cleaned up a little (get some of the sand off and then dressed for dinner – [if you want to be set down served you need to dress a little better than “beach casual”. Tomorrow night is formal night (suit and tie type wear). After dinner Sherrie and I made it to the comedy club for two shows – the first was rated PG and the later one was rated R. Both comedians were pretty funny. A few drinks would have made them a lot funnier.
Back in the room we had a “towel ray” waiting for us.
our towel art waiting for us as we return from dinner.”
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That ended our day at St. Thomas.