The Best 20 Dollars Spent

Stardate 66168.7

21:26 - Our second port of call led us to the sunny and privately owned island of Half Moon Cay. This little island is a part of the Bahamas and is designed for Carnival Cruisers to enjoy a nice day at the beach.  I have to say that the beaches there are quite wonderful, but we did have a bit of trouble getting to them. Since the island is so small, they did not build a dock for the cruise ship. The cruise ship anchors itself, and we ferry to the island. The trouble came from all of the rain showers that were happening. Rain delays are the worst. Despite the weather's best attempts to stop fun, we had a blast on the beach.

They had a pirate ship there!

The absolutely first thing to note, Focus Foxies, is no one lives on the island. Well 40 people live on the island, but they don't come by that island naturally. Most of the workers boat in from other islands or come off the cruise ship. Basically, it has the feel of a deserted island but all the comforts of luxury. Also, wild roosters run about the island. Second thing to note is that we might have run into a cockfight. I was trying to get a picture of the roosters, so we traveled behind the kitchens to locate one. We found more than one; there were two. An older worker was there too, and he was trying to get the roosters to fight one another. We just backed away from the situation. Long story short: I don't have a picture of the wild roosters for you, Focus Foxies.

Little Boat is Rob; Big Boat is Cruise Ship

Our main Carnival-endorsed adventures on the island consisted of snorkeling and kayaking. I snorkeled with  huge angel fish, and by that I mean they were much bigger than the ones I had growing up. I would go under water, swim around with them, and mostly disrupt their swimming patterns. It was awesome! Some fellow cruisers found starfish under the sand. I got hold a live starfish. It felt boney. Rob rented a kayak and rowed around. I tried following him out there but got in trouble. Apparently swimmers can't be out that far. We just find trouble where ever we went on this island.

Ominous, but not that bad

The rain came and went through out the day. Knowing a bit about the tropics, we stayed on the island. We didn't run for the cover of the cruise ship since these rain showers just pass by. That being said, a bunch of people went back to the ship while we sat under our little clam shell and waited for the sky to clear up. For the record, Focus Foxies, Rob admitted my purchase of the clam shell cover was the best $20 spent. This should serve as proof of my awesome abilities to plan ahead. We did have a bit of a scare when the cruise ship started to move. Rob got a bit nervous then, but I sat around making this little video for y'all.

After one more drink, we eventually boarded the last boat to go back to the cruise ship at 15.30. I have to say I am a bit proud of us for that. I didn't want to leave the island, but we had fun things to do aboard the cruise ship.