The Crews Cruise!

We have returned from our cruise!

We had a great time. Having never been before, we didn't know what to expect. When we boarded and went to our cabin, we found a "Happy Anniversary" cake sitting on the table by our bed. Lyndsay was thrilled--she gave me a big hug and said "That's so sweeeeet!" in her really high pitched giddy voice. I said "You're welcome" thinking "...how did this get here? I didn't order a cake..." I thought through it and realized that our travel agent must have set it up. Lyndsay kept asking how I arranged it all. I continued to take credit for it, but refused to tell her how I arranged it. After all, our travel agent wasn't there, so why let all that thoughtfulness go to waste?

The food was excellent! We ate and ate...and ate. Snack here, pizza there...we ordered two entrees at dinner sometimes, just because we could! How awesome is that? Going the week before Thanksgiving was a bad idea though...I ended up gaining a full 10 pounds in the week and a half of cruise and turkey day. Yeah. Pretty crazy.

While on the boat, Lyndsay kept wanting to go and lay out in the sun. As you can see in the picture, she got quite tan. My skin, on the other hand, hadn't seen sunlight in about a year, which made me burn really easily. After the second day, I would sit out by the pool with Lyndsay...wearing pants, long sleeves, and a towel over my head to keep the sun away while I read my book. People might have stared at my goofy-ness, but who cares? I couldn't see them through the towel anyway.

We went on an excursion in Cozumel where we rented Jeeps and drove out to see some "Mayan Ruins," along with a reef to go snorkeling. It was a lot of fun. The "ruins" turned out to be about the size of my desk...not the grand temples I was envisioning (and a bit of a letdown. I always wanted to see the Mayan Temples...Star Wars Episode 4 made them look so cool). The beach and the reef were great! We ended up snorkeling a full mile looking at all the fish and other undersea life. All in all it was a very neat day.

We had a great time, and it definitely made for a memorable celebration of our one year anniversary. You can see more pictures at http://picasaweb.google.com/scottandlyndsay/20061116CrewsCruise.