Sunday, January
18, 2015….We be cruising the Caribbean
Embarkation from Port of Houston
I really don’t know how Mary Alice does these things, but
this time she arranged a 7-day cruise out of the Port of Houston for Sunday the
18th. Who am I to argue with my wife? Besides it was my birthday!
Seriously, this is our 4th Caribbean cruise in the
last 5 years and we love it. There is no
hassle with airport, security, flying, delays, etc. Just drive to La Porte, park and get on the
ship. We are very happy to have our good friends from Paris, Michel and
Chantal, with us too.
For us this cruise is a really good deal. Its 7 days at a
cost of $379 ea plus port fees and taxes. In addition we got $250 on board
credit, money to spend on the ship. The
credit given any veteran is a minimum of $100 and then we get another $150 for
owning 100 shares of Carnival stock. I was
thinking about folks who have boats and motor homes, or a second home. I’m sure there are advantages in all these
vacation options. For us, well it’s cruising and we don’t pay property taxes
for cruises! So this is our 20th since we got married 12 years ago.
For today, we left our home in Cypress around 10:00 am, that
is, once I figured out why the alarm wouldn’t turn on. Turns out we had a
window that was not all the way down. That
being handled, I thought I would show Michel and Chantal a little Texas
history. Enroute to the ship, we swung
by the San Jacinto Monument and shared with them some of the story of the
Battle of San Jacinto. They loved
it. We met two actors who welcome
visitors and are ready with tales of the details of being a “Texian” soldier
and a pioneer Texas woman.
And by the way, veterans get free entry to all the extra
exhibits and to the top of the tower. We took the elevator all the up 550’ to
the observation deck. From there we could see downtown Houston, the Port of
Houston and surrounding countryside. The
weather was clear and sunny and we enjoyed a great view of the
battlegrounds. After touring the
exhibits we stopped at the Battleship Texas and headed off toward the Cruise
Port.
We arrived, unloaded suitcases, got the car parked, got
checked in and received our cruise cards.
Our room is on the Plaza Deck 5, very near the art gallery and the
coffee bar. We joined Chantal and Michel
for lunch and made dinner plans with them for later. Remember! We do not miss meals on the ship! During the afternoon I watched Green Bay lose
in OT to Seattle. That’s all for now! I’ll
fill you in on tomorrow, tomorrow.
God bless Texas.
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