Cruise to Caribbean

Derek and I went on a cruise for Derek's job. It was an incentive cruise for the resellers and top performers and we went along as staff.

On Wednesday, March 4th we drove all the way to Arizona. My family was able to watch our two angels. Thanks!!!

We spent the day on Thursday enjoying the warm Arizona sun. We took a red-eye flight to Atlanta, GA and then made a connecting flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Derek stayed behind at the Airport to greet people while I went to the hotel took a few pictures, read, and then took a nap.

When Derek came to the hotel we freshened up for dinner. We went to dinner at Senior Frogs.

After welcoming distributors we went to bed. It was so nice to sleep on a bed and not on a plane!

Saturday, March 7th
The next morning I got on a bus with our luggage while Derek, again, stayed behind to help out. I checked in on the ship, took some more pictures, talked and made some new friends, and had lunch.


Derek and I were able to find each other later and went to dinner. Our waiter looked like our friend, Bart, so I took his picture.


The next day we rode ATVs around the island of St. Maarten.


It had the bluest water I have ever seen.


We drove around several hours and spent about an hour on the beach. We drove the ATVs mostly on paved roads, but there were are few times we drove on rutted dirt roads and in sand.

This one is for you, Greg. We saw an orange car...


Derek and I lathered up with sunscreen and Derek only burned the tops of his hands and knees. We were very lucky. Some of the others went to the beach and were fried!!

It was formal night, so we dressed up.


Monday, March 9th
We ported in Dominica and did not have an excursion planned, so we walked around for about an hour and did some shopping and sightseeing. I got a shot of Derek and the ship, well most of the ship. It was very large.


The island was very beautiful, but the city there had a little risky reputation.


Derek took this picture from our deck.


That night we had dinner with Dick and Nancy, two of the cruise winners. They live in New Jersey. I love his voice. It is the kind of voice that they always have on movies. She is an intuitive and nurse and he used to be a mechanical engineer, but is now an interfaith minister. He had a crayfish as part of his dinner. He named it Sebastian. Nancy asked us not to encourage him, so we all took photos of him with his "friend". After much persuasion, Dick left his dinner at the table instead of letting it go in the ocean the next day.


Tuesday, March 10th
We went to the beach in Grenada with a bunch of the Distributors from Derek's region (the East region).


We took a water taxi to the beach, but to get to the taxi we had to go through a tunnel.


The beach was beautiful and so much fun. Dick and Nancy were there.


Nick and Dyanna were also there. Derek and Nick work with each other and travel together. Nick believes that he looks like Ice Man (from Top Gun). I have not seen the movie and so cannot give input.


No sunburns for the two of us!!!



Wednesday, March 11th
In Tobago (with a long "A" sound) we went on a tour of the island. We went to a beach, a fort,


a tombstone of an unknown woman, a museum, and a place where they used to processes sugar cane. Here is a picture of our tour guide at the sugar cane factory.


Lots of men wore these same hats or similar ones. The way they used to process the sugar was extremely dangerous and a lot of slaves lost their lives. The area was really beautiful.


Thursday, March 12th
In Barbados we went on a Zip-line excursion.


It was scary, but very fun!!


The lines were different lengths and heights.


Derek was a pro.

The hardest part was sitting down after you were hooked to the line. Once you got going it was a blast!


Friday, March 13th
We were sailing home all day on Friday, so meetings were held all day. In the afternoon Derek was in charge of the Q&A with a panel of distributors and gave a good presentation.


He did a really good job. A storm also came in while we were at sea. It was so amazing!


You could see the rain coming. It was really cool!

Saturday, March 14th
We arrived back in San Juan and had a long wait in the airport to come home. When we arrived in Atlanta we all got some dinner at Chili's. It was nice to get some familiar, "real" food.

There was so much more we could tell all of you, but this has been a lengthy post. It was so much fun to go on a cruise!

Derek and I had so much fun! We were very glad to get back to the children. We missed them so much, but we were grateful for the break and the fun!!