Sunday January 3, At Sea Between Houston and Cozumel

Sunday January 3, 2014 At Sea Between Houston, Texas and Cozumel, MX

This trip was planned to start on December 21st. It was delayed by complications after a medical procedure on my left leg. On the 29th I had a follow up ultrasound and the doctor cleared me for travel. 

Gerri had the car packed, so we left directly from the doctor's office. Our first stop was the Petro station in Kingman, AZ for fuel and snacks. The Pringles were good, but the sandwiches were so bad we didn't finish them. The weather was clear but cold the entire trip. 

We got to Kyle at about 3 PM on Wednesday the 30th.  The weather was cold and blustery, but the welcome by the Texas Barkers was warm. Since we hadn't made it for Christmas, we exchanged gifts on Wednesday evening.  It was early to bed after the long drive. 

Thursday was another cold windy day. The ladies went and had their nails done. Curtis, Brandon and I went geocaching. We found two and didn't find two. One of our dnf's had dnf by another cacher on Christmas day.  Our New Year’s celebration consisted of playing Catch Phrase and watching the activity in Time Square. Gerri and I and the kids were in bed before midnight in Kyle.

We didn't do much on Friday. Curtis, Brandon and I went to the Cabela's in Buda. We didn't buy anything; it was very crowded. Brandon did take some time in the shooting gallery. On a later trip to the store, I snagged another cache near a Walmart. After dinner we watched the kids while Curtis and Dana had an evening out. We played Jenga and Hello Kitty Bingo. 

We posted some pictures of our visit on Facebook

After breakfast Saturday morning we said our goodbyes and left Kyle at about 1PM. It was about a three-hour drive to the Best Western near the cruise terminal in the Houston Port. We did stop at one rest stop and I found a cache. The motel was in Seabrook. We had supper at Crazy Alan's Swamp Shack in nearby Keama. Great Cajun food. We were in bed early. 

We were up before 9 and I fixed coffee in the room.  After cleaning up we got packed and headed for the Cruise Terminal, about 3 miles away.  We were checked in and boarded at noon.  We got to our cabin before our luggage.  We had sandwiches in the International Café.  When we finished lunch we went back to our cabin and our luggage was there.  We got things put away before going to the Muster Station drill at 3:30.

It was too cold to go on deck for the sail away.  Not much to see as it is very flat around the ship channel and it is about three hours before we enter the Gulf of Mexico.  I did take some pictures at our Muster station and of the ship channel as we sailed toward the Gulf of Mexico.

We signed up for anytime dining this trip.  I prefer a set time at the late seating, so we will see how it goes.  We went to dinner at about 6:30 and there was about a 30-minute wait before we were seated.  We sat at a table for two.  After dinner we went to the Explorer Lounge and watched the last half of the trivia game.  At 9:45 we caught the Welcome Aboard show in the Princess theater.  It featured Steven Morris who had toured with the Beach Boys.

I don't know how regular these blogs will be this trip.  This new computer of Gerri's is very hard for me to get used to.