Cruising with Bonnie

A few months ago, Bonnie called and invited me to go on a cruise with her.  (Dennis was going on a fishing trip to Alaska with his buddies.)  I jumped at the chance to spend time with her and go on a cruise.  Because we wanted to make sure we both made it to Florida together, I flew to Arizona and spent a day at Bonnie's house. before flying to Florida..  There were quite a few glitches with my travel, but it all worked out and we made it safely to the cruise ship.

There are always fun things to do.  We went to a fruit and vegetable carving demonstration.

Quite a few game shows, spent time in the hot tub, that thankfully wasn't too hot.

We went to a mentalist show that was mind blowing!  This guy was incredible.  We went to a dance show, several shows where there was singing and  piano playing.  So much talent.  We listened to some books on tape, ate LOTS of food, worked in a nap almost every day, and met so many nice people.  That was one of our favorite parts.

We visited the Dominican Republic

St. Thomas and another island in the Virgin Islands

It was all so BEAUTIFUL! 

Our last stop was an island owned by Norweigan Cruise line where we laid on the beach, got in the water and did a zip line.  I was very nervous, but it was Soooo Fun!

The night before we were to fly home, Bonnie went to check in for her flight, and realized that it had been cancelled.  Unbeknownst to us, there had been a world wide IT problem that affected the airlines.  Thousands of flights had been cancelled and thousands more delayed.  We talked to the cruiseline who had booked our flights, but they said it was the airlines fault and wouldn't help us.  Bonnie called Dennis and he went to work on getting her a new flight.  After waiting on hold for over 2 1/2 hours, he finally was able to talk to someone, and was able to convince them to book her on another airline since theirs couldn't get her out of Miami until Monday.  It was so crazy at the airport!  There were mile long lines everywhere.  Luckily for me, my flight wasn't cancelled,  it just ended up being delayed 6 hours.  We arrived at the airport at 9:00 in the morning and I didn't get out of there until 12:00 midnight.  There was no place to sit and wait, so people were all over the floor.  I sat on my suitcase for much of the time.  Bonnie had a flight at a different terminal and had to leave for her flight at noon.  It was a long day, but I met lots of nice people who were also waiting. I finally arrived home at 3:00 in the morning.  Cute Jordan came and picked me up.  It was so late I didn't want anyone to have to come and get me so I was trying to figure out how to get an Uber.  Jordan was trying to help me but then said he would just come and spend the night at our house and I could call him when I arrived.  He is so sweet!  When I got to the luggage area, the above picture was half of the unchlaimed luggage in SL airport!  I was  grateful that my luggage made it and very happy to be home safe.   It was so fun to spend time with Bonnie, she has been my best buddy since I was born.