 Up early again and out on the Verandah. This time
with Postcards on the agenda. Some have to be sent from here
today, so I have to get them done! :-) I could soon
see Castaway Cay off in the distance, and before I knew it we were
backing in. About that time the Verandah door opens and Brinn
comes out. She isn't feeling well, so we get her some
Rolaids. No help - and she was soon she was throwing up a
bit. After that, she went back to sleep and I had time to clean
up the room in preparation for packing today, and type up more trip
report. To be honest I got PLENTY of beach yesterday, and find
this very enjoyable. I can look out over the entire swim
area.
 Brinn woke up again
at 11 and felt better, so we decided to head to the beach. I
think she was just very overtired. We quickly got ready and
headed down to exit the ship. Jumped on the tram, and got
off at the family beach area. Now for the fun of finding Kristen
and Maddy. There are LOTS of people on the beach, so it might get
tricky! ;-) Almost right away we ran into Jay and Mik
though! They had not seen Kristen so after a couple minutes chat
we headed down the beach. The farther you go the less crowded it
is, and Kristen enjoys it a bit less crowded. I was sure they
would be farther down. And remember those tie-dye swim suit
coverups of the girls... Well, THAT is supposed to be draped over a
chair in plain view. I think it should make finding them MUCH
easier... At least it made finding their pictures REALLY easy! ;-)
 But while the
coverup was marking our spot, I saw Kristen and Maddy along the water
first anyway! They were both really glad that Brinn was feeling
better, and I was glad to get into that water! Its another HOT
one. We all enjoyed the beach, and our two rented
floats. Word of advice, keep your eyes on the floats. Many
people seem to think these are for anyone to just grab. Our
walked two times when ever we weren't using it! Once was kids,
but the other time was an adult man. Oh well.... We made
sure to nicely inform them that the floats were rented and where they
could get their own. :-)
 We had lots of fun in the sun, for a short
time. Then a BIG old black cloud rolled in. It still didn't
rain for a bit, and thank goodness there was no lightening. So we
continued to enjoy the beach. Eventually, it did start to
rain. Lightly at first, but then it REALLY started coming
down. Those floats also make for an excellent waterproof shield
for your stuff! ;-) Good time for lunch!
Well, of course EVERYONE had the same lunch idea so the seating
pavilion was very busy. But we got seats without a problem, and
even found Jay, Belle and Mik. They had already eaten, but joined
us while waiting out the storm. Lunch was VERY good -
Burgers, chicken, ribs. Great big chocolate chip cookies
and ice cream for dessert as well.
 The rain started and stopped several times, so we moved
onward to the Sally's Sea Shells store for a look around. Kristen
found a shirt she liked while I ran back and got soaked collecting our
stuff. We decided to head back to the ship just a bit earlier
than planned. Of course, it was starting to turn sunny again by
the time we got back to the ship. I ran into the Post Office to
send off a few postcards, and then back onto the ship. We took
some time to pack up quite a bit, and then relaxed until it was time
for Kristen to go for her Pedicure treatment and I ran the girls up to
the Kid's Club. Jay and Belle have very generously offered
pick them up and take them to dinner with them tonight. They are
excited to be eating with Mik one more time!
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After
dropping off the girls, I head up to the Spa for my Well Being
massage. I had Ananda from South Africa who was friendly and very
good. I think they really need that expansion of the spa, because
I
was sort of in a breezeway but it had a great view over the navigator's
deck and out to Castaway Cay. And we even started sailing during
my
treatment, which was fun. Ananda made sure to warn me before the
horn
sounded! ;-) She did a good job, and found all those
nasty stress
areas in my back. It felt great and was a great start to a very
nice
evening. 
Back to the room afterwards to get ready for Palo.
Kristen was at the
kids show that I had missed. She said it was very cute with all
the
kids wearing new Sea University t-shirts and mickey ear graduation caps
(which they got to keep!) Very nice. 
By this time I was full! But decided to press on
and enjoy a wonder
Filet Minion that was the very best. Kristen had the same thing,
and
hers was just as delicious. Then we both finished off with the
Chocolate Soufflé - a signature dessert and incredibly
good. We also
had some samplings of gelato on the side. Also very tasty!
I loved
the vanilla and Kristen loved the raspberry.