More Snow

Bah Humbug!

Cruisin' 06 (part 8)

Cruisin' 06 (part 7)

We always had good company at dinner. Clockwise from me are Ben, Shirley, Julie and Joe, Susan and Clark, Pat and Dick.

Ocean front estate for goats

Welcome home, Gus likes the snow but he doesn't have to drive in it.

Cruisin' 06 (part 6)

San Jaun

Santa Barbara patron saint of artillerymen

Cruisin' 06 (part 5)

St. Kitts
I think this was my favorite port of call. The people were friendly and seemed to care a great deal for their island. We saw some amazing gardens and lava rock formations.

The Brimstone Hill Fortress was the highlight for me, it was constructed intermittently between the 1690's and 1790's and is built in the polygonal system with low walls angled to deflect cannon shot.

The fortress is 800 feet above sea level.

I found this guy to be an interesting character, if you look near his feet you can see one of his dogs hiding in the bush.

Cruisin' 06 (part 4)

Barbados
This is the oldest church in Barbados originally built in 1698

The right size door for Michelle

Our tour guide


Huh?


Our Captain, Arrrgh!

Cruisin' 06 (part 3)

Dominica

Trafalgar Falls is in the most amazing rainforest setting. There are two falls refered to as Momma and Pappa.
Hot spring pool felt like a hot tub
A hurricane blew this tree onto the school bus back in the seventies
Watch out for land crabs!
We went to this black sand beach and it was almost deserted. There was a little restaurant that served fried chicken or fish and drinks. When we arived a guy on a motorbike pulled up and asked if we wanted some of "this" and pulled out a giant bag of weed. I didn't buy any.
We enjoyed the "natural" feel of Dominica. The Island interior is almost completly covered in pristine rainforest, and even though it doesn't have those white sand beaches the caribean is famous for they haven't been overrun with resorts yet and the water is warm and clear. Some people on the ship complained about poverty and the shanty shacks in town, but it didn't seem that bad to me.

Cruisin' 06 (part 2)

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas
The weather wasn't great that day but the water was warm and we enjoyed riding the horses.
Our Jamaican guide told me I ride like John Wayne. He also called me "homy" I'm not sure if thats good or bad.

St Thomas, US Virgin Islands

There were five cruise ships in St Thomas that day. We did a round the Island tour and spent a couple hours at the beach. Downtown was mostly jewlery stores and thats not our thing, but the beach was really nice but a little crowded

Cruisin' 06 (part 1)

We just returned from our cruise in the Caribean, and we had a great time. We sailed out of Norfolk Va. where we had a chance to go on board the USS Wisconsin, Which I was very happy about as I had never previously viewed a Battleship up close.

This was our Ship, the MS Maasdam of Holland America line. We had six ports of call:
1)Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas 2)St Thomas USVI 3)Dominica 4)Barbados 5)St Kitts 6)San Jaun PR

I will post pictures of all our stops over the next day or two