Where's the Snow?

Nearly every winter Marge and I talk about joining the so called "Snow Birds" to head South for while to get away from our New England winter weather. Of course it's all talk for us and we never end up going, but last year's miserable record snows took us from all talk into action. We booked a twelve day cruise out of Bayonne, New Jersey to the sunny Carribean islands. We're not new to cruising having been on four others, but this was our first winter one. Arriving in Port Liberty I was surprised to see the size of this ship, Celebrity's Silhouette. Seven hundred fifty million dollars worth of luxury. Over 1,000 feet long. 122,000 tons and carrying 2,886 passengers and 1,500 crew.......how does it float? And this is still far from the biggest.

These things have everything, bars, Casino, pools, hot tubs, huge main dining room,restaurans,theater (marvelous shows every night), wine cellars, a library and even lawns on the top deck with real grass. I could go on and on, mind boggling. Five nights coming and going at sea and six ports, Haiti, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, Antigua, St. Thomas, St. Maarten. Not a lot for me to do on the Islands, mostly shopping and beaches. Long ago I had decided that there was no way I was putting this marvelous body on public display. We let the wives shop, while John and I sat on benches and drank cheap Island beer (only $.99 a can). Forgot to mention we were traveling with a great couple from Enfield that we met on our trip last September. Temperatures around eighty every day.
We checked the New England weather every day in the hope for verification of our travel decision. I was actually praying you would have at least a little snow, but what happens, it waits for us to come home. Can't believe it's February and still nothing on the ground, flowers popping up and guys still out there playing golf.

Good trip, ate too much, afraid to get on a scale. Oh well, I guess that's what cruises are all about.

By the way, we've booked our next cruise. Here's the ship we're going on.