Other than our RV trips, we haven’t traveled in the last couple of years. We decided to take a cruise out of Jacksonville (Carnival to the Bahamas) so we didn’t have to fly or drive a long distance. I can’t say it was a great cruise (blah food, constantly being pushed to spend more money, limited activities), but it got us out of the house and out of the 90-degree Florida weather.
Our first stop was the best. We took an excursion to kayak among the mangroves. The group is kept small (12 people) which was good since we were quite spread out given the different skill levels. All the kayaks were tandem and the path was narrow much of the time requiring perfect coordination between the two kayakers. There was a lot of yelling as we all were caught by trees at times.
After the challenge of kayaking, we all really enjoyed the local beach. Our group was alone on the beach and it was gorgeous.
Just as we decided to come in from our swim, a shark was sighted! Very cool!!! It may have been perfectly safe, but we all decided it was a good time to walk the beach instead. The shark was just a dark shadow in our pictures so this picture from our walk is nicer.
At Bimini, we took a taxi to Radio Beach and then walked 2.7 miles back with beautiful beaches pretty much the whole way to the ship.
The town had a combination of well-kept homes and those that were less
so. I am sure the reduction in tourist dollars over the last couple of years
isn’t helping. Anyway, I enjoyed a conch salad at Stuart’s Conch Salad Stand. BTW, to the right of my head is a huge pile of conch shells.
We had the traditional dress-up evening for supper. We don't normally dress this way for our RV trips!
Our last day was at sea. Nice view!
