SUNDAY, MAY 9TH--TORTOLA

We had a short but sweet stay in Tortola today. Right after arriving at 8am we boarded a large boat for our “Sea & See” tour. We took a ride around the bay and our guide pointed out all the islands and told us something about each one. Initially it was rather rough but I did not see anyone with sea sickness problems, including me. We eventually pulled into a marina on the other side of Tortola and boarded open air trucks with seating for our driving tour of the island. We climbed the mountain for a “bird’s eye” view of the different colors of blue ocean waters and of Tortola. We arrived back at the ship about 12:30 and sailed at 1pm for our next port of Grand Turk in the Turks & Caicos Islands. We won’t be arriving there until 2pm tomorrow. This afternoon I began folding some shirts in preparation for packing on tomorrow and Tuesday. We do not have any tours tomorrow. Tonight is our last formal night and the Captain’s Farewell cocktail party and then dinner. The “Crew Capers Show” will be during the Capt’s party. We are having a “Texas Night” at dinner with two other couples from Dallas: Bruce & Kathryn and John & Cynthia. We also want to see the singers and dancers in their last production show. For some reason we are both really tired now at 5pm so hope we can make it through the evening. In fact, Rebecca is napping. Well, all this cruising is wearing us out. Hope you all had a very nice Mother’s Day.