Me and Heidi decided to go on a cruise for an anniversary vacation. We had gone on a cruise before, and had a very good time, but the last time we cruised out of Orlando so had to drive all the way down there and all the way back. This time, we found a seven day cruise out of Baltimore for about the same price as the other cruise a couple years ago.

We started out on the first day, Sunday, in Baltimore and started heading south. Our first stop was in Orlando, but we wouldn’t be there until Wednesday morning. Full PostSo we spend the first two and a half days at sea. The water was pretty choppy at first, but it didn’t make either of us sick. We had a very good time all the way down. Our boat was the Carnival Pride, which is a very nice boat and we had a balcony, which we slept out on one night. The food was really good, and we each bought an all you can drink pop card. I figured out how many pops we needed to drink each day in order to break even so I drank at least that many each day.

We got to the beach in Orlando, which is very nice but would be a lot better if there were oil rigs on the horizon, adding to our domestic supply of oil. But the world is not a perfect place, so we just swam in the ocean and walked up and down the beach.

Then we went back to sea before landing at Nassau, in the Bahamas. The last time we were there we just got off the ship and started walking around town. That was pretty fun, but this time we took a taxi over to Atlantis and staked out a place on the beach. The waves were huge, as you can see in the video, and the water was very warm. The temperature was warm also. After a while, we just started walking down the beach toward one end that looked at little more private. We got to a little outcropping of rock that sheltered the water and calmed the waves. Although we didn’t bring our snorkeling gear, we should have because there were tons of fish in that area. A herd of yellow and black fish stalked us for a while and it was pretty neat.

We followed that up with an exciting evening aboard the boat. It was probably more exciting for the heavy drinkers, who seemed to be losing their heads. At one point a lady asked me if the drummer in the band that was playing was my son. The drummer was probably 35. And black.

We then went on to Freeport, took another taxi to another beach and hung out there most of that day before getting back on board the boat to start the long trip home.

Cruises are a lot of fun, and we look forward to another trip. As you can see from the pictures, the ocean and sky are pretty and the beaches are great. We also made sure to take pictures of all the towel animals for Whitney, who was very interested in that.