Tuesday was a day at sea. It was so nice to sleep in because we didn't have to rush to anything. We walked around the ship track for exercise. We had breakfast at the buffet. We competed in the Hold-in-One challenge. Lynnlee got a hole-in-one, so she advanced to round 2 with about 10 guys!
We watched this ice sculpture formation.
We enjoyed lying out in the sun and sitting in the hot tubs because it wasn't warm enough to go in the pool.
Our room attendant made a fun towel animal in our room every day. It was a formal night, so we dressed up. We tried to take selfies outside the dining room for about 5 minutes. We have 20 pictures or more, and we ended up laughing really hard since it took so many tries to get a good one.
The moon was beautiful!
On Wednesday, we went to Cabo. We were so nervous about missing our meeting time for our excursion. We slept until we woke up. We went to breakfast, and then we still had over an hour and a half until meeting time. We decided to walk around the track. It was fun to see Cabo as our ship pulled into port. We had only been walking for about ten minutes when we looked at our watches and saw that they suddenly showed 10:10, and we were supposed to meet in the theater at 10:00 for our zip line tour. We panicked because we still needed to go to our room, and we thought we had missed the meeting time. We left the track and started sprinting to our room. Then, as we were about halfway there, it occurred to me that the cruise director had announced on day 1 that ship time was the time everything went by. Then I told Lynnlee, and we knew we needed to find out what time it was in ship time. Forget what my watch and phone said. So we found a clock on the stairs, and it said it was only 9:10. We immediately stopped, calmed down, and had a good laugh. When we started walking, our phones showed ship time. Then they changed to Cabo time as we pulled into port.
So we hadn't missed our meeting time. We went back to our room, gathered our things, and arrived at the meeting place with plenty of time to spare. While we were in the theater, the excursion team said we needed to have our passports. Usually, our ship cards are sufficient for ID to get on and off the ship, so we questioned it a little. Then I asked a worker, and they told me to get passports. So I hurried to the room, and by the time I got back, the groups were boarding the ferry to go to shore. Lynnlee stayed in the theater, and so she was being shuttled in a line toward the ferry. It was the most helpless feeling because I couldn't reach her to tell her I was coming. It was so stressful again. Thankfully, she got out of line, and we found each other and boarded the ferry together.
When we got off the ship and the ferry and were officially in Cabo, we went right to the meeting place for our Zipline tour. They told us we could go shopping for 30 minutes because our tour wasn't meeting for another 30 minutes. We went to one store but then hurried back because we were so worried about missing it.
They drove us for about an hour in a van. The driving was crazy there! It was a two-lane highway, so the van passed slow cars, and sometimes another vehicle would come the other direction, and we would barely miss hitting them head-on. Yikes! We met a couple from Utah, and we enjoyed talking to the wife most of the drive. At base camp, we put on harnesses, helmets, and gloves. Then we loaded trucks, and they drove us to the top of a canyon. I was so nervous from the time we got in the van. My watch told me "Relax Reminder."
The tour consisted of about 7 different ziplines. Some we had to brake ourselves with our gloves, and some had brakes on the line. I enjoyed those ones more.
They made everyone go upside down on the second line. It looked cool, but it hurt so bad. The harness cut right into your upper hips and abdomen. I had to do deep breathing and cross the zipline to get through it.
This one was so fun and provided variety. Ali and Dan went on a cruise to Cabo over Christmas. They did the same tour, so we have the exact same pictures!
We could rock climb or use the ladders. We opted to go up the ladder.
These pictures are out of order. This is the famous Cabo arch, and we saw it as we pulled into port.
Views of Cabo
There was a Senior Frogs on every corner, practically.
The last zipline was called Superman. It was the longest zipline. We had to hike up to it, which was a little difficult for Lynnlee on a hot, dry day. She did it, though. At the top, we put on a tall blue harness-type device like you wear for the Sky Coaster at Lagoon. When it was our turn, they connected us to the line, and we were lying flat in our blue harness thingy. They placed weights on our backs to make us heavy enough to reach the end of the zipline. They told us to hold perfectly still as we went down. It was fun and felt safer because we were wrapped up. There was a brake at the end, so it was nice not to have to worry about it.
At base camp, they had quesadillas, salad, watermelon, and a hibiscus drink. I just had the salad, watermelon, and drink. Lynnlee said the quesadillas were yummy!
The van- we got in first, so we got the front row, thank goodness!
Downtown Cabo
Carnival Radiance
We dined in the dining room most nights. They had a gluten-free menu that I enjoyed.
Doesn't Lynnlee look beautiful?!
Our towel friends
Lynnlee and I got these before our excursion when we had a few minutes to shop. Then, after our excursion, we found shirts for everyone else. These zipper jackets were perfect at night because it was cold walking around the ship.
Thursday was a day at sea. It was so windy and cold. The track and mini golf were closed. We walked on treadmills in the fitness center. We went to crafts at sea. We found other activities to stay busy. The sunset that night was beautiful!
The first night we went to the comedy club for the clean show, but we didn't get there early enough for a good seat. This time we got there early and got a good seat. It was a different comedian than the first night. He was pretty funny, but overall, both shows were really short, like 15 minutes or less. It's like they couldn't come up with enough clean material to fill a show.
Our cruise director was subbing for the original cruise director, who we later found out had gotten sick that week. The sub-cruise director reminded me of a boy from my growing up named Jeremy Heftel. That won't mean much if you don't know him, but basically, our cruise director didn't seem like a stereotypical one. It was fine, though. You could tell the whole Entertainment Crew must have been battling sickness because they all seemed pretty worn down.
This lady performed some covers, and she had a very unique sound. We were pretty tired, so we didn't stay for the whole show.
