WE'RE BAAACK!

We arrived back in Waukon on Monday.  The first snow we saw on the trip back from Charlotte, NC, was at Dyersville.  We put a little over 5,000 miles on the pick-up on our land part of our journey.

THE CRUISE
We flew from Charlotte, NC, to San Juan, PR, on the 10th where we boarded our cruise ship, "Adventure of the Seas".

OUR SHIP IS ON THE LEFT.  IT'S POWERED BY TWO HONDA GOLD WING ENGINES!

From San Juan we sailed to the island country of St. Maarten.  This island is owned by two countries, Holland and France.  We were not able to visit the French side since it was still heavily damaged by the hurricane.  We were still able to see some beautiful scenery,

HURRICANE DAMAGE IN THE HARBOR

and tour a local rum maker where we purchased a bottle (samples will be available at the cookout on Memorial Day)

but St. Maarten is probably best known for its airport.  The runway is short and narrow and the planes are very low when they come over the beach, which makes it a tourist attraction.

Click and see for yourself.

Our next stop was to the island of St. Kitts and Nevis. We toured on an enclosed van around the island and visited a 300 year-old plantation that once had many slaves.

TREE OVER 300 YEARS OLD

Our next island stop was Antigua.  Where we toured an old Spanish fort and Nelson's dockyard.

THE DOCKYARD

THE CAPTAIN'S HOUSE

THE OLD FORT

St. Lucia was our next island stop.  We toured part of the island scenery, visited a tropical garden, and went into a city that's inside an old volcano.

SUGAR CANE

THE VOLCANO IS STILL BUBBLING

That's all the room I have on this blog.  Next time I'll show Barbados and San Juan.

Don't forget the PMS meeting next Wednesday night at 7 in Rossville.  Meryle is back, so he should add to the festivities!