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COVID caused us to cancel two booked cruises, but it seemed safe to finally start cruising again. So we booked a simple cruise out of Galveston, along with our friends Naomi and Larry Shirey. Easy drive down, five day’s on board, and an easy drive home.
The ship was the Royal Caribbean Adventure of the Seas, a class of ships we were quite familiar with. The crew appeared very pleased to be back, and we were treated very well. The food was good, although we felt it was a little below what we were used to. But Romola and I each managed to gain 5 lbs, so it wasn’t all bad!
The entertainment was pretty basic, a mediocre comedian, a funny bolero gaucho, and the ship dancers and orchestra. This ship class has an ice rink on board, we rather enjoyed the ice show. We’ve seen them doing their routines in rough seas, and that is quite amazing.
We didn’t get off the ship, electing to go to the hot tub when everyone else was on shore. Good idea, we enjoyed the hot tub when we had it mostly all to ourselves. On sea days, the hot tubs looked like people stew. Wouldn’t want to go in them no matter how much chlorine they added to the water!
Gulf Shores, Alabama
This winter, we decided to head east for a trip, rather than our usual west. So when we found a Monaco Rally in Florida we thought that would be a great thing to do. We invited our friends Naomi and Larry Shirey to come along, and travel with us. So we left Houston and Dallas respectively, met for an overnight in Lafayette, LA, then on for three days in Foley, Alabama.
There is a very nice RV Resort there called Bela Terra, where we stayed for three nights. It is a lovely park, nice roomy sites, a beautiful club house, and all the amenities. We enjoyed our visit so much that we think we would like to come back and stay longer.
One day we had to visit the sandy white beaches of Gulf Shores. This is of course on the Gulf of Mexico, and this area has seen some serious problems with hurricanes and oil spills. Now, however, it is booming and we had a short but enjoyable visit to the beach. And not to forget some very good seafood meals…
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