Day at Sea and Curacao

Monday was our first day at sea. We had all day to explore the ship. I slept in and Marshall had a welcome meeting with Martin Garage Doors. I slept in and didn't get up until lunch time. It was so nice!

We went to our first art auction. We didn't purchase anything but we had a good experience seeing how an art auction worked.
That night was the first formal night. Marshall wore his tux from high school choir :) It was fun and we felt fancy. We loved having a table by the window and saw some beautiful sunsets at dinnertime.

Tuesday we spent the day in Curacao. It was an interesting island. Not at all what I pictured in the Caribbean. It is a desert! More cactus than Utah. We knew we wanted to get around the island and see some beaches but also none of the excursions really fit what we wanted to do. Marshall was all for renting a scooter but I was a little hesitant. I am a wuss and have no experience with scooters. We found a scooter rental but they didn't recommend two people per scooter. They were more of a moped and didn't have much capacity. I definitely wasn't up for driving my own scooter and the car rental was so pricey that I decided we could risk riding a scooter together. We said a prayer before starting off. It ended up all being just fine. I was nervous and worried about other cars but Marshall was a good driver and we were safe.

First we drove to a beach to the east of port. It was on the north side of the island.

 We were pretty entertained by this "Weather Station."

It was a man made beach but still so beautiful. The water was cold but clear. We snorkeled for about an hour and relaxed in the sun. We put sunscreen on a few times but we still had some bad sunburns after being in the sun all day. 

There were so many iguanas at the beach.

We passed this Flamingo area.

It's different seeing the graves above ground.

I thought this church was pretty. I didn't want to have to stop a bunch to take pictures while on the scooter so I got the hang of just holding Marshall's phone the whole time and snapping pictures while Marshall drove.

Willywood....???

Panorama magic....I'm in the picture twice :)

Curacao did not have many hills which was perfect for my first day on a scooter. It did have this huge bridge though. The picture doesn't quite show how steep it was going up and down the bridge. Plus there were tons of cars and the scooter didn't go as fast. We chanced it anyway and went over the bridge to the shops. My adrenaline was pumping and it was scary. Funny thing is that most of the islands after had lots of hills that were so much more steep that this bridge was nothing. Little did I know....

Heart for Lynnlee. It is covered in locks.

View from a higher point of Curacao. Such a huge ship!

 I was too scared to ride back over the big bridge so we walked the scooter over the pedestrian bridge. The shops are the buildings in the back ground. It was a cute place and we had fun getting some souvenirs.

Our waitress or whatever they are called on a cruise ship took our picture every night with us holding our hands to show which day it was. I'm sure this is common to cruising just like the towel animals in the room each day. We had a very kind and friendly state room attendant who took good care of us on the cruise. I can't imagine being a cruise ship employee. They get two months off each year but otherwise they work cruise to cruise without breaks.