Bless Your Heart

Living out loud in the Carolinas

Tag: travel

  • Last weekend CSP & I took a quick 4 day trip with his parents to Tampa.  The main goal of the trip was so CSP & his mom could go to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers game against CSP’s beloved Minnesota Vikings.  The trip down was fairly uneventful, if loooong. We found our hotel then went…

  • We woke up at 6am (they get you off the ship EARLY folks!) and got dressed.  Put the last couple of things in our suitcases and headed up to Windjammer for breakfast.  We were there by 6:50 and it was still dark!  And raining!  We got to our table (we were carrying our own bags…

  • Day at Sea! We woke up and got breakfast at the Windjammer buffet again.  I wasn’t feeling all that great so after breakfast I laid down for a quick nap.  Then it was pool time!  We went into the adults only pool area, the Solarium.  It’s really pretty.  It’s all enclosed so the on and off…

  • Nassau Day! We woke up to more cloudy skies and more rain!  But it wasn’t heavy and it did let up after breakfast.  We had our usual breakfast at the Windjammer buffet. We changed into our swim suits and spent the morning and early afternoon in the hot tubs and pool. Since it was raining…

  • We woke up and looked out past our balcony and saw nothing but ocean.  Wha?? We were supposed to be docked at Coco Cay!  I called Guest Services and they told me that because of bad weather we couldn’t dock at Coco Cay so we were making our way to Nassau instead.  SAD FACE.  I…

  • Embarkation Day!  Because I’m a Gold member of Royal Caribbean’s Crown and Anchor Club we were able to get priority check in.  YAY.  Trust me, you don’t want to be in line with the masses of people if you can help it.  And get to the port early.  You may have to wait a bit…

  • To celebrate my little sister Morgan’s college graduation and my mom Gigi’s birthday we decided to take a Ladies Only cruise.  So on Sunday, January 5, I threw my bags into the back of my car and drove to Gigi’s house.  Morgan spent the night there the night before and Sara met us there.  …

  • Friday night I packed up my games (Cranium, Phase 10 & Scattergories) & some clothes & headed out to the airport at 11pm.  I picked up Leah, who flew in from Denver, and we drove up the mountain to Blowing Rock to meet Kristie & Chris from Raleigh, Punchy & Courtney from Upstate NY, Pam…

  • Sunday- recovery day.  We woke up and had breakfast then got dressed to go to town. I had a bit of a headache from all the moscato I drank the night before playing Cranium! CSP & I went to Harris Teeter & the Starbucks inside the Teeter to use their free wifi to set up…

  • Friday morning Brotha Marc made us all breakfast.  Then we got dressed and ready to head into town.  That’s when I noticed Sara had snuck out and decorated my car!  Click to enlarge pics.  She even drew CSP on his window with his goatee and baseball cap!  So fun! We went into town to Walmart,…

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