A Long Ride to Mobile...

Well -- it finally arrived ... the day that me, Mother, David and Trey would embark on our adventure to Mexico aboard Carnival's fun ship - HOLIDAY !!!

We struck out from Atlanta this morning around 4:15 AM .... much to Mother's dismay. She felt that we should have left around midnight ... just to be sure we did not miss the boat. Actually, I believe the reason she was so interested in leaving early is because .... my dear Mother gets some of her best sleep when she is in the car .... the picture tells the story .... Apparently her grandson is following in her footsteps ....

Our trip down to Mobile was pretty-much uneventful .... with the exception of our frequent stops at McDonalds, Starbucks, etc. etc. Although we were careful not to wake the sleeping passengers ....

Once we arrived, we immediately boarded the boat and started enjoying our vacation. We eased into our vacation by having lunch on the LIDO deck and then kicking back for a little rest on the boat.

Once we had finished lunch and explored the ship a bit .... the FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS was ....... MUSTER !!!! Attention all cruisers .... Man Your Stations !!!

After Muster, our afternoon was filled with a friendly game of shuffleboard, fine dining, and hanging out and enjoying each other's company.

One interesting thing we saw today was lots and lots of oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico as we were leaving Mobile. I had never seen an oil rig in the middle of the Ocean before .... it was very interesting. They were EVERYWHERE .... Who says we do not have oil of our own in this country ?????

After a long day ...... we were happy to turn in early to get some zzzzzzzzzzzzzz's ...... Tomorrow is a FULL FUN DAY AT SEA ..... we must be adequately rested !!!

Our towel animal this evening was an OTTER ... or at least that is what David and Trey are saying it is ....

Night Night !!

PS .... I sure do miss Mr. Walker .................