Saturday, March 30, 2013

Bahamas Cruise 2013

Aaron and I went on a 4 night cruise to the Bahamas, stopping in Nassau and Freeport.
 
Aaron at a fort in Nassau--we took a tour of the island.  It was interesting to see all the different buildings and houses.  They range from million dollar mansions to little shacks.  It was also hard to get used to everyone driving on the "wrong" side of the road.
 

At Taino Beach in Freeport, Bahamas

We had different towel animals left for us each day on the ship.
 

A woman in Nassau at the open-air market.  She was sewing Aubrie's name into a basket.
 

We signed up to take a tour.  All of the other water excursions had been cancelled because of rough seas so we thought a boat like the one above would just take us around the harbor.  Later, the boat below pulled up towing a banana boat to pick us up.  We didn't have life jackets for the first 15 minutes, but passed another boat and got some.  On the way out another boat motioned for us to go back because the waves were too big.  We eventually made it out to the ocean for a ride with huge waves and I was sure we were going to capsize.  It was pretty scary.
 

Our "tour" boat
 

A band in Nassau
 

Beach in Nassau

On the cruise ship
Aaron by our ship

 
Almost all the houses, shops, and government buildings were these colors
 
View from our room on Freeport as we docked.

 
View from our room
 
Stopped at these caves on our tour of Nassau--pirates used to hide in them
 
A view of Nassau from the ship
 
Beach in Nassau
 
Grandpa Shelton's new hat
 
Playing croquet
 
 
Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Shelton for watching our kids for a week!!!  They had a great time and earned a lot of money doing chores.

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