We arrive early in the morning to St. Maarten. I think it's my favorite port of all places. We are suppose to be at the pier at 8:45 a.m. to leave for our excursion. The Smith's, and unbelievably all 5 of them, are on time and waiting off the ship. We wait and wait and then of course, I worry, that the rest of the Joyriders, particularly Numbers 1, 2, 6 and 7 are not going to make it. I text Mike and he was in the pooper!!! The tour guide said they would wait on them, all is well! Finally, they cross the gang plank and we are ready to go!
We board out tour bus for an exciting trip "St. Maarten Beach Rendevous!" The tour guide on the bus was very informative and told us about the history of the Dutch and French sides of St. Maarten. We drove by a tiny bridge that actually separates the two sides. Our beach was on the French side, St. Martin as they call it. We had a great time, swimming, playing in the sand, walking to the other beaches where some people forgot to wear these swim trunks, lunch in an outdoor cafe with little lizards running around and just enjoying our time together
We had the opportunity on the return trip to the ship, to get off in the market area and browse for awhile. Sarah, Sheri, Katy, Macy and I are the only takers and off we go to the market! It was a really cool area...Katy is once again buying up braclets by the dozens...I lost count of how many she bought! We take a ferry back across to our ship and find another market area. Sarah and I were politely left together (I think I figured out who my secret Santa was) as Sheri and the girls go off to shop some more. We found a fresh coconut drink stand and ordered a pina colada that was delicious! Guess who we saw walking by...the drunk guy from pizza night...we are beginning to think he is a stalker!
We meet back up with Sheri and the girls to get on the ship, grab some towels and set up by the pool for awhile. Katy decides to go on back to get showered. Macy really wanted to order a smoothie to take back to the room for she and Katy...she left to go to the bar to order one while we deposited the towels. We turned the corner on the pool deck to find her...there she was sitting at the bar, towel wrapped around her with two smoothies in front of her...signing the bar tab!!! and she gave them a dollar tip!!!!! Precious!!!
It was 80's night and we all went to Studio B..it was full of action and singing and dancing.
I have a video from Orlando before we boarded the ship that shows why Mike caused the Engelbrecht's to be late.
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