Spring – 2015 – Day 9

Our first and only day at sea on the way to St. Thomas. 

Ed woke up early at 9:00am to go up on the deck and save some lounge chairs and then eat.  Barb followed at 9:30am and we stayed in the sun until Noon.  We have had some wonderful sun days and Barb of course has a great tan.

Then we met our friends on the back of the ship for lunch.

After that it was time for the slot tournament where both of us qualified for the final.  Ed came in third and won our entry fees back.

 

While waiting for the blackjack tournament we entered the no-cost craps tournament and didn't win anything.

Then Ed played in the blackjack tournament and was leading going into the last hand.  He had to bet first and needed not a 4,5,6,7,or 8 to win; however, he busted and our friend Tim won.

After the tournaments while Barb played slots, Ed booked our Oct 2016 cruise from Hong Kong to Singapore, including Vietnam and Thailand and boarding October 30.  It should be a fun cruise.

So the cruises that we have booked are:

Oct – Turkey, Croatia and the Greek Islands
Jan – South America – Buenos Aires, Argentina to Valparaiso, Chile
Mch – Ft. Lauderdale to Columbia, South America and back
Oct - Asia – Hong Kong to Singapore

Barb did well at slots in the afternoon and then it was time for a nap.

After our nap, we dressed for our second formal night and went to the theater to see a comedian who was funny but not great and we had seen him before.

We sat with Tim and Barb people watching and then went to dinner.

Dinner was good and we had to leave before desert as they were have a drawing in the casino.

After the drawing which was very good, we all went up to the casino for their big $1,000 give-a-way drawing.  None of us won anything.  Then we gambled where Ed broke even and Barb hit a small jackpot.

The great news is no matter what happens tomorrow night, our last night on the ship we will come out ahead in the casino!!

Tomorrow is our final stop – St. Thomas and we are not sure what we are going to do except first sleep late.  We will tell you tomorrow.

 

Night

Barb at Craps

 

Carla - our very special Pit Boss

Going out for our second formal night