Cruising the Eastern Caribbean

The evening of our last update, Todd and I went out to dinner at Billy's Stonecrab and Lobster with Cathy and her friend Linda. Although the food was good, the primary reason for going was to see "the Stickman," a local performer who plays there on Thursday evenings. I'm not sure what his instrument is called but it is something like a long, skinny guitar and he did a nice job singing and entertaining us for a few hours.

Cathy & The Stickman.


Cap'n Todd with his Valentine's Day harem.


Friday was spent packing and getting ready to leave for the cruise. We met the bus that took us to the Port of Miami about 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning and made it to Miami around 11:00. Rick & Peggy and Fred & Kim arrived later that afternoon and the ship left port about 5:00 p.m. The cruise itinerary took us to Half Moon Cay, a private island in the Bahamas; St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Nassau, also in the Bahamas; and back to Miami the following Saturday morning. These pictures are a good representation of our week at sea.

South Beach as we leave Miami Harbor on the cruise ship.


Rick & Peggy get ready for the evacuation drill!


Topside enjoying the morning sun.


Our curly-tailed friend on Half Moon Cay.


The beach at Half Moon Cay, unbelievably blue water.


Fred & Kim, Rick & Peggy, and Brenda stroll the sandy beach of Half Moon Cay.


Disco Queen Peggy shakes her booty on the beach!


The Honeymoon Couple, congrats again!


St Thomas Bay. Notice the helicopters on top of the first two yachts. The yacht in the foreground is "Tatoosh", one of the Top 150 Largest Private Yachts in the World.


"Tatoosh" at dusk.


San Juan, Puerto Rico. Looking north towards the Waterfront Fort, El Morro.



A beautiful Puerto Rican cemetery.




Stuck in the 60's in San Juan!


New Puerto Rican friends.


Downtown San Juan.


The view looking back at San Juan and El Morro.


Formal dinner back aboard the Triumph.


Our waiters June & Izzie celebrate the newlyweds.


The Bahamian Mailboat leaving Nassau Harbor, this boat services the remote outer islands.


The Straw Market in downtown Nassau.


The Honeycutts & the Lannings at Senor Frog's in Nassau!


Pirate Rick "Minnie Pearl" Honeycutt. "Ye be need'n to raise the mast and be polish'n the cannonballs." Arrrrrrrrr Matey!


We sadly said good-bye to our Demopolis friends and boarded the bus late Saturday morning for the return trip to St. Petersburg. Since this was our final weekend in St. Petersburg, Steve & Lisa came over to Cathy's Saturday evening to spend the night and left late Sunday morning. We have really enjoyed getting to know Steve & Lisa and are going to miss hanging out with them.

Pegging the "Fun-Meter" with Bloody Mary's!


Steve contemplates Sunday with Mr. Troll's company.


The past several days have been consumed with cleaning, laundry, shopping, etc., as we prepare to pull away from Cathy's dock. Todd's parents had planned to come over this afternoon but Todd is feeling a little under the weather so he asked them to wait another day in the hopes that he will feel better by tomorrow. If so, the plan is for Bill & Marilyn to drive over tomorrow from Orlando and we will begin the journey south to Ft. Myers Beach on Saturday.

It's going to be really hard (for me) to leave here but the Captain is more than ready to move on to the next port of call and whatever adventures await. We have really enjoyed our stay in St. Petersburg and are extremely grateful to Cathy for her friendship and hospitality. She is a truly wonderful person with a huge heart and caring soul; we are going to miss her tremendously. Thanks again for all you have done for us, you are an angel!!