Day One

So, it was raining and humid on the way to the port and as we arrived Galveston stunk more than usual, but we are on our way and the vacation was starting. The ship was due to leave at 5:00 and the latest we could board was 4:00. We arrived around three as opposed to noon when boarding began. In my opinion, that was a pretty good thing because the lines were short.



As we got on the ship though, it seemed pretty desolate. There were not many people on the decks, but there were surprisingly more kids on board than I expected. We headed to our room and unloaded some of our luggage as it arrived then headed out for the muster drill a little early. No, I did not follow my own advice, and we were near the back of the sardine package. We did take some pics though to give people a better idea of what the muster drill looks like

A shot of the life boat.


Kasey and I ready to go.


This is our single muster group. We were in the third row from the back. :)


Muster Station 16.


As we were leaving Galveston, the rain stopped but the clouds remained. It made for a gloomy departure, but we were heading for clear skys, blue (instead of brown) water and good times.




Our first evening was uneventful as far as scenery goes, but here is a shot of some of the oil rigs that we passed on our way.



The first night, there was one show that introduced the cruise director, the singers and dancers and wrapped up with a comedian. The cruise director is a different person (Dan, Dan the Party Man) than the lady (Marni) who did it last time and we were glad that the singers and dancers were different too. One show will be the Piano Man, a compilation of songs by Billy Joel, Elton John and Ray Charles, but the other show that the singers and dancers put on is country themed. The last cruise the second show was a medley of Broadway hits.

We have second seating for dinner and we were placed with three other couples. Two couples are newly weds on their honeymoons and the other couple is an older couple married for 23 years. The neat thing is that the two honeymooning couples are both from San Antonio too and both of the guys work within a mile of my office. Weird. I don’t remember all of their names, but one couple is Nick and Kendra, the guy from the other newlywed couple’s name is Manuel and the guy from the older couple is named Vincent. Tonight, I will be sure to get all of their names and pics of them too.

I am not exactly sure how thing blog posting is going to work out. There is a lot of relaxing to do and since the battery on my laptop is only lasting about 12 minutes, it is a pain to find time to do it in the room. I will try to post every day, but it may just be pics pith short descriptions some days.

I hope that all of my friends and family that are reading this back home are having fun, but I have to admit that I do not miss you. Yet. :)