Monday, July 02, 2007

ALWAYS AN ADVENTURE...






NEVER A DULL MOMENT IN ANYTHING WE DO...VACATION IS SUPPOSE TO BE RELAXING...WELL I'M SORRY I HAVE NEVER BEEN ON A VACATION AND RELAXED...THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO GO DO, OR GO SEE...ITS SAD...VACATION THIS YEAR WAS ON A CRUISE...ROYAL CARIBBEANS FREEDOM OF THE SEAS...WHICH I HAVE TO SAY IS THE BOMB...THE SHIP IS THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD AND IS BEAUTIFUL...I THINK THERE ARE ACTUAL SPOTS ON THE SHIP THAT I DID NOT SEE B/C ITS SO BIG...WE LEFT ON FATHERS DAY AT 5 PM...IT WAS RAINING, I WAS PANICING B/C I WAS MISSING ONE OF MY BAGS/SUITCASE...WE WENT TO DINNER AND CAME BACK TO THE ROOM TO UNPACK...ITS EASIER TO MOVE AROUND IF YOU DO UNPACK...WE FINISHED AND WENT TO BED AFTER A SHOWER...THE NEXT MORNING WE WOKE UP AND HEARD THROUGH THE DOOR THAT THE CAPTAIN WAS LOOKING FOR A PASSENGER NAMED KENNETH SMITH...REALLY DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT...RUSS WAS AT THE GYM LIKE HE WAS EVERY MORNING, HE WORKS OUT ON VACATION BUT NOT AT HOME????DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?...WE HAD BREAKFAST AND WENT TO THE POOL...THE KIDS H2O ZONE, WAS AWESOME...THE KIDS PLAYED ON THAT THE WHOLE TIME WE WHERE ON THE SHIP AND THAT WAS 4 DAYS...THE LOUD SPEAKERS KEPT ASKING FOR KENNETH SMITH...BY THIS TIME IT HAD BEEN 6 HOURS OF LOOKING FOR KENNETH SMITH...THE CAPTAIN CAME ON AND INFORMED US THAT WE WHERE MISSING A PASSENGER AND HAD TO TURN AROUND AND MEET THE COAST GUARD AT THE ACTUAL SPOT WHERE HE WAS LAST SEEN...WELL HE WAS LAST SEEN AT 1:30 AM...ALMOST 13 HOURS BEFORE...WE TURNED AROUND AND HEADED BACK TO MIAMI...BY THIS TIME WE COULD SEE SEARCH AND RESCUE FROM OUR BALCONY SEARCHING FOR KENNETH SMITH...NEEDLESS TO SAY WE NEVER FOUND HIM...PRETTY SAD THAT THIS 24 YEAR ENDED HIS LIFE ON A VACATION WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS!...CAPTAIN WAS ON THE SPEAKERS INFORMING US THAT WE WOULD NOT BE GOING TO ST. AMALIE....AND THAT WE WOULD BE ARRIVING IN PUERTO RICO A DAY LATE SO THAT THE FBI COULD BOARD THE SHIP TO INVESTIGATE...WE ARRIVED IN PUERTO RICO AT 9 AM BUT WERE NOT ALOUD TO DISEMBARK UNTIL 12:30 PM...NIGHTMARE JUST WAITING! P.R. WAS OK...WE WENT TO EL MORRO AND THE CONGRESS BUILDING AND SOME PARK WITH A FOUNTAIN...I DO NOT REMEMBER WHEN WE LEFT P.R. BECAUSE WE WERE ONBOARD RUSHING TO GET THE THE "ONCE UPON A TIME SHOW" AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE!...THE NEXT DAY WE WOKE UP IN ST. MAARTEN...PRETTY PLACE, ITS A DUETCH/FRENCH ISLAND...WE WENT ON A SNORKELING ADVENTURE AND GUESS WHAT I GOT SEA SICK IN THE WATER....DIDN'T THINK IT COULD HAPPEN? WELL IT DID...THE WATER WAS SO CHOPPY AND THE UP AND DOWN MADE ME SICK... AS A MATTER OF FACT IT MADE ME SICK 3 TIMES!...I WAS GREEN AND ALL!...WE WENT BACK TO LAND AND WENT TO THE BEACH...THE DUETCH SIDE (TOPLESS) THE KIDS ARE LIKE WHATS UP??? THEY ARE KINDA OF USE TO IT B/C THEY SAW THAT LAST YEAR IN SANTO DOMINGO...THE NEXT TWO DAYS WERE SPENT ON THE SHIP HEADING BACK TO MIAMI...WE HAD A GREAT TIME! LOVED THE WHOLE CRUISE EXPERIENCE! WOULD DO IT AGAIN IF I WON THE LOTTO!

3 comments:

Martha Bravo said...

OK esa ultima parte estuvo muy precipitada, mucho detalle al principio pero despues te gano la prisa! Que bueno que se divirtieron y que se la pasaro bien, no digo que bueno que descansaron por que ya vi que no fue asi! Siempre necesitas otras vacaciones para descansar de estas!
No uedo vr mas que dos fotos la de los tres ninos (estoy impactada de lo grande y guapo que se ve Caden!) y la de Madison de espaldas!! Que horror la historia del perdido. Supieron que paso? se cayo o se avento? quiero ver mas fotos!

SCRAPPY MESS said...

awsome picures!

Martha Bravo said...

ahora si ya pude ver toas las fotos! que maravilla debarco y de vacaciones!