It actually was a trip I won back in March at a thing here in our little town. Our town had just opened a new community center and a local travel agent sponsored a free informational meeting about river cruises and the door prize was a cruise of the western Caribbean. Tom had seen it in the local paper and thought we should support a local activity and attend and at the same time be able to see how the conversion of the old high school building into the community center had turned out (very nice). We each put our names in the drawing and my name was drawn!
We consulted our calendar and scheduled the 5 night cruise for the end of September/first of October. Since it sailed out of Galveston, Tom was able to play in a golf tournament in the Austin area the first half of the week prior to our Saturday sailing. Then, between the golfing and cruise, we snuck in a visit with Tom's mom in New Braunfels.
Check-in at the cruise line began around noon on Saturday so we left New Braunfels early to give ourselves plenty of time to find our way over to Galveston. Good thing, too, because we drove most of the way in fog before it turned into rain. Arriving in Galveston, we decided on lunch then located our reserved parking area and shuttled to the ship. Everything about the boarding process was very well organized and orchestrated. We were all checked through and boarded and on our way by around 4pm.
Not sure why they didn't want pictures taken, but that sign just begged to be documented!
After we got on board the ship, everyone found a spot to watch as we began our adventure.
The Disney ship was the first to pull away from the dock.
Goofy putting on the final touches!
We watched as we separated from land
and made our way down the ship channel.
The very tip of Galveston Island! We are on our way!!
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