Cruise: Orlando

We woke up early and were happy to see this beautiful scene:

We originally planned to do the morning OSA (Organized Staff Activity) Walk A Mile, but we got there before the staff member so we decided to do our own run a mile.  

I think I would run a mile every single day if I could run while overlooking the ocean

Then we had to get ready for our first day off the boat.  The pool decks were crowded as we finally had beautiful weather.  Lunch in a lounging chair was delicious and wonderfully comfortable!

Getting docked in Port Canaveral

Once we were off the boat, we found our tour guide for our excursion:

Kayaking @ Manatee Cove 

We had to take a bus ride, but then

we were finally on the water!

Our tour guide was very chatty and wanted to tell us story after story about everything we saw, which I appreciated until we ended up still on the water.

I entertained myself by taking pictures, while Marcel did almost all of the paddling

We reached a small island and were able to get out of our kayaks and explore a little

As we were leaving, our tour guide stopped the bus at this sign for picture taking.  Only 3 couples got off the bus and we were all of the same age.  The 6 of us got a good laugh from it

Marcel laid with the manatee

We then stopped at this citrus store.

We had the absolute best orange juice I've ever had.  Can't even begin to tell you how wonderful it was. Oh, and I had both pink & white grapefruit, both new foods!

Marcel even tried some alligator jerky
(the other 2 guys in the picture are the boys of the couples that got off the bus for pictures with us)

We got back to find another towel animal

We had a wonderful seat at dinner and watched the sunset.

Marcel had lamb

MaryBeth had some steak

Desserts:

MaryBeth's apple crisp (not delicious)

Marcel's cheesecake

We decided to act like high-schoolers and take a mirror self portrait

We enjoyed "The Second City" in the theater.

Great improv group

And then we headed up to enjoy some Big Band music while drinking hot chocolate

Not pictured:

--MaryBeth tried a beef empanada and mushrooms

--MaryBeth commented about the smooth sailing while we were still docked