Thanksgiving Cruise, Nov. 23- 30, 2013

We were at the airport at 7:19 am. We both were expedited by TSA. It was great. All Bob had to do was take the laptop out of its bag.

After a long travel day,we boarded the Crown Princess. Here

we are borarding the ship. After our fast on the planes we relaxed, had dinner and collapsed. Here is a view

of the harbor. We had calm seas and restful night.

Our first stop was Princess Cay

. It seems to have been improved since the last time we were there. When we are back in March, we might rent a cabana.

We went to bed early and got up late. We have our first day at sea and just relaxed. It was rainy and windy on deck.

We got to St Marteen

in the morning. Along with the Crown there were six cruise ships in port. After lunch we joined three other couples to take a Segway tour of the town and beach. We put on knee pads, elbow pads, and helmets and were trained on controlling and using the Segway. Here we

are. We all had a great time until almost the very end. A bike rider decided to play chicken with the Segways and when Carole tried to avoid him, she went down. The safety equipment prevented serious injury. We were late leaving port because a passenger had to be evacuated by ambulance to a local hospital.

Wednesday morning we were one of four ships at St. Thomas. First in line was the Royal Princess. That is one large ship! We did a little shopping but didn't take any tours because we've been here several times.

Our cabin was infested by a couple of mice

. We would move them but they always reappeared elsewhere

.

Our next stop was Grand Turk

. We didn't take the tour to the lighthouse again but strolled around the shops at the end of the Pier.

Our flight home was in the afternoon so we took a tour of Fort Lauderdale from the ship before we went to the airport. As you can see there are a lot of expensive homes and yachts

along the canals. Our final view

of Fort Lauderdale.

Click HERE to see 45 pictures from the cruise.