Back to life, back to reality.

I put up the rest of the pictures (though there are several hundred more, these are just the highlights.) and I'm considering putting up a video of the whales and dolphins at Miami Seaquarium... we'll see!

Our last couple of days involved a day at sea, and taking lots of pictures around the ship so we can remember what everything looked like...

Great Stirrup Cay was beautiful, we lounged around on the beach and drank under our big blue umbrellas, then took a walk to the lighthouse. There are some old abandoned buildings and stuff that has been destroyed by hurricanes scattered around and provided some pretty cool photo ops. I think the color of the water was captured the best on this day... Saw a cat that must live on the island, after we had been joking about moving there and bringing Katsumoto. He'd have so much fun wandering the island, and I wouldn't have to worry about vehicular traffic, he could roam outside and hunt like he so desires...

We watched the sunset on the boat and saw a sea turtle come up for air right next to the ship... really neat. We were trying to see the "green flash," a phenomenon that only happens at sea and if the conditions are just right, the sunset will have a greenish blobby type thing appear at the top. We think we saw something greenish, but it wasn't a "flash" per say, but definitely green. They say those who witness it are guaranteed everlasting love! Woohoo!!

After Disembarkation (debark for short) we got a shuttle to the airport, where our hotel was for that night. After waiting around a bit we got checked in and stowed our stuff, and then hopped in a cab to the Miami Seaquarium, home of the real true superstar dolphin, Flipper!!! We had a fun day, and it was surprisingly dead there even though it was a Saturday... Dan got a mold-o-rama of a killer whale, mostly just because you don't see mold-o-rama's anywhere anymore... We saw 2 dolphin shows, a sea lion show, and a killer whale/dolphin show. It was great, and I really should have become a dolphin trainer. :D Still my dream to this day!! lol

Cabs are too expensive, so we took the bus to the train station on the way back, where we waited over an hour for the train. ugh. Was exhausted, sunburnt, sore, and fibro-ey and in pain the rest of the night, ready for some rest.

Homecoming is bittersweet. It's not fun coming back to the friggin arctic, where we have jobs and bills to pay and taxes to be done, but on the other hand, it's really nice to have my own bed. And my cat. And taco bell. :D

They call him flipper, flipper... faster than liiiiighhhhhttning!