Florida or bust

Today was our last port day and to be honest, it was a bit of a disappointment. We were up early and enjoyed our usual breakfast (man, I'm going to miss having breakfast made for me every day!). We arrived in the Bahamas, at our ship's private island for what I thought would be a fun beach day. Then the cattle call started. We were herded into a dining room and were given numbers to be called for the tender boats. Since there are no docks on this island, we had to use the tenders to get there. Jim and I were given numbers for the first boat. Unfortunately when the first group was called, every single person who wanted to go ashore, got up regardless of their number. There was line cutting, pushing, and I was over the experience before we even got started. We did get on to a tender and eventually arrived on land. The beach had a lot of debris from the recent hurricane and the lounge chairs were so close together, you'd better like your neighbor. Our neighbor was smoking a cigar. We moved. Our next neighbor lit a cigarette. We moved again. Then a group of off duty crew members stood behind our chairs and all of them were smoking. I started to wonder if Marlboro actually owned this beach. Jim tested the water and reported that it was colder than we were used to. That's all it took to get me to say, "Let's get off this island!". We were on the next tender back to the ship, less than 45 minutes since we'd arrived. We decided a nice quiet day at the pool was in order so that's what we did. And quiet it was! I even fell asleep! After my nap, we went to grab some lunch in the piazza and to say goodbye to our favorite waitress down there. And we said goodbye to all of those amazing little desserts too. More than a few tears were shed for the chocolate pudding. (Don't laugh, it's like heaven in a bowl.) We then enjoyed a cocktail on our quite private balcony before packing up our junk. Tonight we've decided to continue our quiet theme with dinner in the room. We actually see an incredible sunset as I write this. By tomorrow, we should be in Fort Lauderdale and then in a car on our way to Key West for the last part of this amazing trip. As for me, I think I'll go say one more little goodnight to that pudding!