Sandy and Pat's Caribbean Cruise
September, 2001

We took a short cruise of the southern Caribbean with a group from the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches that was organized by Marsha Stevens, who wrote the hymn Come To The Water (For those tears I died).  Marsha is a contemporary Christian singer, and her web page is http://www.balmministries.com/.

The cruise was on Carnival's Tropicale and left from Tampa.  We flew in and out of Fort Lauderdale so we could visit with Pat's cousins Myrtle and Marilyn.  We rented a car and drove to Tampa.
 
 
 
 

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We stopped at the Tampa Aquarium and saw these relatives of sea horses.
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This is the Tropicale
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Marsha Stevens and her granddaughter Bri.
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This is some of our group before the Captain's dinner.
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More of our group.
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Pat holding a sea turtle at Grand Cayman turtle farm
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An unusual salt formation on Grand Cayman called "Hell."
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Pat in Hell
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Hell Post Office
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Stingray City -- we got to swim with the stingrays
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Ice sculpture at the grand buffet. The food on the cruise was terrific  -- not too good for 2 ladies on a diet.
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We were greeted at Cozumel by this little guy.  We saw lots of iguanas that day in Tulum.
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We drove to Tulum to see the Mayan ruins.
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When we returned to the cabin each day, we found these cute critters made out of towels by our cabin boy, June.
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Here we are in our cabin with June and several of his towel critters.
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Marsha's final concert on the cruise.
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Picture taken by the ship's photographer
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Picture taken by the ship's photographer
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Here is a picture of our entire group.
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Here we are with Pat's cousin Myrtle in Fort Lauderdale.
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This is Pat with her cousin Marilyn and her husband Bill.

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