Our Cruise, Day 4

Day 4:

Day four found us in Half Moon Cay (pronounced ‘key’, I think), a private island owned by the cruise ship companies. It has, no lie, on of the most beautiful beaches I think I’ve ever seen. I think they probably filter the sand during the off season, it’s so white and clean, and the water is very, very nice.

We anchored off the island and took a boat (tender) onto land, and when we got there it was HOT. We had some time to kill before our excursion, and we spent it mostly trying to find good shade.

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We made a good choice, though, because our excursion was a glass bottomed boat tour. Covered from the sun and out on the ocean, the weather was much, much nicer. And the glass bottom tour itself was very, very pretty. It started off simply enough, cruising along the ocean and seeing the occasional fish, but before too long we were at a very tall coral structure that was teeming with ocean life. We got a really nice view through the bottom of the boat. After that, we got to feed the fish, and as you can imagine, they were excited for the food. Every piece of bread you threw would get instantly snatched up by hungry fish. So bright and colorful, it was a lot of fun to watch.

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When we got back to land, the weather had cooled down and so we hit the beach. We hung out and soaked up the ocean salts for a while, avoiding sunburn with floppy hats and shirts, and then we played around in the sand on the beach, avoiding sunburn by covering ourselves with sand. We made a sand ‘castle’, with a working river flowing underneath it, for a little while, until the river ate down the walls. Then we just buried Jessie until the tide unburied her again.

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We took tender back a little bit early, after having some lunch on the island, and spent some time riding the water slides while they were unoccupied. The rest of the day was equally relaxing: dinner, cuddling and watching the ocean go by, and watching some more Blood Power up on deck.

Then to bed. We had to save our energy for the morning.

-N