Where are Cheryl and Dennis?: Texas and Cruising

11/24/2019-12/10/2019 – Monday morning we left New Orleans on our way to Galveston. It was a two day trip as it was 350 miles to League City TX where we have reservations at Safari RVPark. We spent Monday night at Coushatta Casino Resort near Kinder LA at their Red Shoes RV Park. This was a very nice park with large sites and full hook ups. The next day we were back on the road. We stayed off the interstate and took state highways all the way to League City. It took longer but was much less stressful. From Kinder we took Highway 12 to Beaumont TX then Highway 90 to Highway 146 then 96 to Safari RV Park. We had made reservations at this park for two weeks and at $175 per week it was pretty reasonable. One of those week we will be gone on our cruise. The park was OK. There are about 12 transient sites along with some longer term campsites. The remainder of the park is full time mobile homes. It needed a little TLC but was an OK spot for what we needed it for.

The weather was a bit uncomfortable. Highs were in the low 70's but with humidity levels of 90% it just felt yucky. We drove down to Galveston a couple of times to visit the beach as well as check to see where the cruise leaves and where we need to park. Saturday we packed our suitcases and on Sunday morning drove to Galveston and boarded the cruise ship Liberty of the Seas a Royal Caribbean Ship.

We had beautiful weather and light seas for the cruise. It was a bit chilly the day we left as a cold front had moved through and got ride of the high humidity and dropped the temps into the 50's and 60's. We cruised over night and the next day and reached our first port, Cozumel, on Tuesday morning. After leaving the ship we headed to a nearby pier and boarded a small boat for a snorkel excursion. We snorkeled at a National Marine Park just off the shore of the island. The water was a little rough and it had a hard time at first. Both Dennis and I returned to the boat early. Then we moved to another spot where the water was calmer and we spent quite a long time in the water. It was pretty cool except the coral was not as colorful as we thought it would be. We did see a sting ray swimming underneath us as well some scuba divers. Once everyone was back on board they opened the bar and “made” us drink Rum Punch and Margaritas.

We cruised over night and the next day we arrived at George Town, Grand Cayman. Originally we did not have an excursion booked but on Monday we attended a presentation and won a half off a cruise excursion. So we booked a Catamaran cruise and visit to Sting Ray Reef. It entailed a bus ride ride through George Town to the pier. Once the boat we motored about 3 miles off the coast to an area of shallow water where the Sting Rays congregate. We entered the water and because our guides had food for them they were swimming all around us. One of the guides caught a ray and held it for us to touch and we even gave it a kiss! We were so glad we took this excursion!

The next day we arrived at Falmouth, Jamaica. Dennis and I took separate excursions as I wanted to do the horseback ride and swim. Off course that was not something he could do so he went on a bus tour of the island. For my excursion I boarded a bus and it took us on a 45 minute ride to the Chukka Horseback Ride. Once there we were given a few instructions, grabbed a helmet and then they got us all on horses. Since there were about 35 people it took quite a while to get everyone mounted. We took a short ride through some wooded areas then returned to the corral. After a break for lunch we went out in 3 smaller groups into the small bay with the horses. One of the guides apparently saw that I was a little more experienced than most of the guests and took me aside to do a little gallop on the trail. So awesome!

Dennis' excursion was nice as well. It sounds like they took a similar route as our excursion however they went further and even took a drive up into the higher elevations and through rain forest.

The return trip to Galveston required two days at sea. They have a lots of things going on on the ship however after awhile Dennis and I got a little board. We arrived back at port on Sunday at 6:00 A.M. All and all it was a awesome trip. We spent the rest of Sunday and Monday doing wash and preparing to the next leg of our trip.

Where we are parked: Red Shoes RV Resort – Kinder LA - $18/night for full hook up.

Where we are parked: Safari RV Park – League City TX – Approx. 60 RV full hookup sites - $175/week. Not our favorite park but served our needs.