I love it when we're cruisin together

After graduation we went on a cruise with our friends Joseph and Angela Dougherty. Here we are out on the top deck enjoying the evening breeze as we sail from Florida to the Grand Bahama Island.

 Once we docked we rode a bus to our hotel. Some poor pregnant woman puked the moment she stepped off of the bus. Then a hungover dude did the same. I didn't feel as bad for him.

Here was our hotel.

Did I mention that our hotel had a private beach?

We were pretty thrilled.

We got to ride on a banana boat. I totally freaked out the entire time. Not many people know this about me, but I have a pretty significant water phobia. I blame it on watching Jaws so many times at a young age. Anyway, we got to see one of the ships they used while filming Pirates of the Carribean.

 The next morning we went snorkeling! I was so scared to go. I'd had a dream the night before that I'd been eaten by a shark. I asked Joe if we could sell our tickets, but fortunately he didn't let me. Snorkeling was by far my favorite experience.  I got over my fear pretty quickly once I saw that there were a large group of us going and there were a bunch of people who were slower swimmers and juicier meals for a shark. This is right after snorkeling, but right before a major sunburn.

after scuba diving we hung out in the market place, got some lunch, and then swam in the ocean for like 3 hours. ya, I told you we got sunburned. After all of that we were pretty tuckered out, so we headed up to our room. Here is the view from our balcony. Amazing right? It was so beautiful there. I can't even describe how perfect it was. The weather, the views, the ocean, the room-it was probably the best vacation i will ever take.

ok, right now I have a bunch of photos i'd still like to post, but since our internet is so sketchy i'm going to wait to post the rest until we can get internet set up at our apt. I guess we'll call this Part 1.