Our Cruise to the Bahamas

Thursday we were lucky enough to take a cruise to the Bahamas. Steve and I went with some friends Brad and Monica to Nassau and Freeport. We had a great time! We spent Thursday and Friday out at sea, so we had a lot of free time. We went to karaoke, trivia, newlywed game (where Brad and Monica were called up to play- and won), ate, ate some more and hung out.

leaving Jacksonville

the four of us after triva

the best server ever- Juan

Saturday we went to Nassau and spent all day there. We first got off the boat and started walking- just to look around and ended up walking about 5 miles.. maybe more to the hotel Atlantis. We then walked more- around the hotel... got rained on for about an hour... left the resort and walked more!!
After about another 5 miles..we finally got a taxi back to the boat- where we then rented scooters. This was the best part of the day!! I was looking forward to renting scooters to see the other part of the island and coastline. Well- the traffic was so awful and the drivers were even worse... (Yes- WAY worse than me!!) Monica jumped off. She was done- didnt want to die on a scooter! So her and I walked back- about a mile to the port side shopping and downtown while the guys took off to see the island. I was a little bummed at first- but there was no way I was going to leave her by herself. Well about 2 hours later we see the guys (back early) to find our their bikes had broken down. Steves bike stopped while he was still driving- so he had to jump on Brads bike (I wish I had pictures!!) and about 2 miles later Brads bike broke down. They then have to hitch a ride back to the port (30 minutes away) to where Steve has to go back with the rental guy to show where the bikes were. We walked around for a little while after Steve came back but had to get back on the boat. We will never forget our adventurous day in Nassau.

at the Atlantis hotel

scooter time

the parade they put on for our Independence Day


Sunday was the best day of the trip!! We stopped in Freeport and we all loved it! It reminded us all of Hawaii. Slow paced, green, clean, and beautiful. We got a taxi to Port Lucaya to snorkel. We were the only ones that signed up- so we were on our own boat. This was SO much fun!! Went went about a mile of shore, settled on a reef and jumped in. I loved it!! We didnt have too much time in Freeport so we didnt do much else but snorkel and shop the market. It was a blast though.

I am so grateful I had the chance to take this trip with Steve- to spend time together, the have great friends Brad and Monica with us and so grateful for Amy and Kevin to watch the kids for us while we went. I will always remember this trip and the laughter we had.