Victoria airport. And the journey begins! November 6, 2008

17 hours after we left Victoria, we finally have a glimpse of the the beautiful sandy shoreline in Fort Lauderdale. November 7, 2008

Boardwalk behind our hotel along Miami Beach. November 7, 2008

Stephie finds out the Atlantic Ocean isn't all that warm in November, even in Florida!

Downtown Miami, huge yachts and buildings.

Airboats touring the everglades; we're out hunting for aligators. November 7, 2008

There's one!

Itty bitty, so cute.

Steph's massive mound of pasta. Delicious food at Carrabba's in Miami. She would want you to know that she wasn't able to eat it all!

Waterway tour through Fort Lauderdale. Just a little boat tied to the pier. November 9, 2008

The water taxis in Fort Lauderdale.

Steph will probably want to hurt me for posting this picture, but it's cute! We paid $10.00 for our ice cream cone but it was the creamiest ever. Kilwins on Los Olas Blvd in Fort Lauderdale.

If I'm going to post Steph's then I must put mine too. We were both piggies!

Getting pampered the morning of our cruise. Two manipeds coming up!

Ahhhhhhh. Our transportation for 10 days through the Caribbean. The Emerald Princess.

The stateroom, interior cabin #4216? I think. Yeah, it looks tidy now but we just walked through the door :)))

BON VOYAGE! Departing Fort Lauderdale; November 10, 2008.

Getting beautiful for the formal night, I was trying to take the picture without burning her scalp. This only took 3 hours!

The end results were worth the effort. *whistlewhistle!*

Entertainment in the theatre on the cruise.

I'll have one of each, please.

Dancing the night away but not yet enough alcohol. You'll notice we don't have to hang onto anything to stand up straight ;)

Oh goodness, the horseback riding experience. It's too late to turn back now! Aruba; November 13, 2008.

Proof that I was on the horse, although it was a very mean horse. Jesse James kicked me off!

Stephie all cool.

Relaxing in a bar overlooking the water and sipping our "purple rain". I love Aruba.

Shopping in Aruba.

Hi Stephie. Still in Aruba.

Our cruise ship docked in Bonaire. November 14, 2008.

Just a pretty yellow flower.

Pink Flamingos in Bonaire.

This is a market in Grenada. November 15, 2008.

More of Grenada.

Walking through a tunnel in Grenada; we were slightly afraid for our lives.

Fish peddlers in Grenada. I hope this wasn't served on the ship for dinner that night :-|

More Grenada.

Docked in Dominica. November 16, 2008.

Strangers snorkeling at Champaigne Reef, Dominica. The snorkeling was fantastic here, the best reef I've seen.

The beachbums. Steph, I love your hat!

St. Thomas. So much shopping and the cheapest alcohol on earth. November 17, 2008.

Neat alley in St. Thomas. I found an Internet cafe here!

Meagan's Bay on St. Thomas. Had been ranked a top 10 beach in the world by National Geographic, but I didn't think it was that special.

Water so warm.

Our tans by the end of the trip. Notice someone's leg is still whiter than the sand. lol!

Hi!

This was a gigantic moth, or they call it a "bat". Freaked me out, it was so ugly. Look at the size of its eyes! I'm sure it had fangs too. Princess Cays, Bahamas. November 19, 2008.

More of the Bahamas. This was a cold day for the beach, got goosepimples even.

Our limo rental at the end of our trip. I don't know why I'm smiling in this picture, I couldn't stand the car.

A lifelong friend of mine at her home in Vero Beach, Florida. I hadn't seen her for 10 years so we made up some of that time by spending a few days at her place. She's as lovely as I remember, it was like we never skipped a beat.

Nasa, Cape Canaveral. November 21, 2008.

Nasa, Cape Canaveral. November 21, 2008.

Spacesuit. Duh.

Stylin'!

The most beautiful beach in world, Siesta Key. The sand was like baby powder, very white and soft. Florida, November 22, 2008.

PEEKABOO. You can see how soft and white the sand is here. It was heavenly.

A sunset in Siesta Key.

Yo :)

A view of the landscape below, somewhere over the United States of America. November 24th, 2008.

More very cool landscape somewhere over the United States of America. November 24th, 2008.

A view of downtown Victoria on our flight back home to our own little island in the Pacific.

Back home in Victoria. Brrrrrr it's cold here! November 24, 2008.