Our perfect weather continues, compelling Captain Arma to caution us, in his “welcome back on board” announcement this evening, that it really isn’t always quite this nice for this long on this passage. I just figured it’s payback for that weather we endured on that second Emerald Princess Hawaii cruise. 😉
This was my first view of Cabo this morning as I made my way through the sphere en route to breakfast.
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| Life is good :-) |
Breakfast gets simpler and simpler every morning, and more like home since I discovered Greek yogurt is an option. However, I have a feeling that it’s not the fat-free Fage Greek yogurt that’s my go-to at home. It’s too darn good dipped in orange and grapefruit segments.
Nine times out of ten that we walk past the International Cafe en route to our cabin, it’s for window shopping only, but today I spotted a real treat: mixed nut…somethings. I forgot their exact name. These are a great snack to keep in the cabin since they don’t spoil. Theoretically, of course. They’re also very addictive and didn’t even last all day. I hope they don’t ever offer them again.
We were in no hurry to go adore today, but when open tender was announced, we layered on the sunscreen and grabbed our Tilley hats and went down to Deck 4 to get on a tender. And waited. And waited. We stood in line for 40 minutes before we actually stepped on to a tender. Maybe they stopped the tender tickets a tad early. I was ready to call it quits when we finally started moving. Apparently they had only one pontoon open at that time.
Once on shore, it wasn’t nearly as crazy as Cabo can be on busy days. There was just one other ship in port today, Royal Caribbean’s Navigator of the Seas. It was actually quite pleasant. We walked around a while and then settled ourselves on the balcony at Wizzies, our favorite place to watch the tender lines.
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| G asked if I wanted to start with 2 margaritas. And we laughed and laughed. Um…no |
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| Instead, this was my drink of choice. I’ve pretty much figured out that my reaction yesterday was related to a new med that I’ve started since I last drank on the sunset cruise in Cabo in January. Because I’ve never in my life had that reaction to two margaritas with mostly ice. |
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| We rode to shore on a local tender but a couple of new, sexy yellow Star Princess tenders were also in use. |
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| Someone had a good day deep sea fishing! |
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| I know I’ve said this in the past, but sights like this remind me so much of that children’s classic book, Caps For Sale that my dad used to read to me 60+years ago. |
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| I can’t visit Cabo without ordering fish tacos! |
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| Looking back at Wizzie’s balcony |
Finally, the tender line died down, so we paid up and headed out. Once back on the ship, we changed into swimsuits and used the hot tubs in The Dome. I keep forgetting to mention that the inside pool in the dome has not been open most days. The glass divider between the indoor and outdoor pools isn’t functioning.
We were showered and dressed for dinner and back up in The Dome for sail away. The view of the rock formations and El Arco was really beautiful from up there, but as soon as the Star Princess sailed and rounded that cape, we were hit by a huge wind that actually sent furniture sliding across the deck. I thought we’d never get that door to the indoor part of The Dome open, and it was instantly obvious why that is generally closed off while the ship is at sea.
I really wasn’t very hungry at dinner, after fish tacos just five hours earlier, but the coconut shrimp was a treat, followed by passion fruit sorbet for dessert.
We had plans to get to the Silent Disco tonight and the Princess Arena 9pm performance, but decided over the sorbet that we simply wanted an early bedtime. I’m trying to get this post finished and published and get to sleep before the 9pm show starts. Otherwise, sleep might be delayed 50 minutes or so.
Whoops. Too slow. I guess I’ll watch Tia Weston’s Sunday YouTube upload instead.
Life is still good!
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| Rex from Shorex!!! Nicest guy at Princess Cruises!! |
