Cruise Day 2: Key West, FL

Tuesday, July 6th
Our first stop on the cruise was Key West. The weather was perfect and the island was beautiful. We got off the boat bright and early for our excursion at 8:30 AM.

The first part of our excursion we went on a boat looking for dolphins. We were able to see a couple which was SO cool. They were swimming right by our boat and would just pop up out of the water. I loved it!!

We then headed to a different part of the ocean and were able to go kayaking. This was so much fun. We were in pretty shallow water so we were able to see all of the cool sea life under the water. Adam was even able to hold this cool horseshoe crab. It was pretty big and scary looking. I was too scared to hold it.

Our guide also told us about the mangrove trees that grow in the water. They have one leaf that absorbs all of the salt so they can survive in the ocean. The leaf turns yellow and is called the sacrificial leaf. Pretty cool.

After we were done kayaking we were able to snorkel for awhile. I think this was my favorite part. It was pretty cool seeing everything on the bottom of the ocean. We also had fun taking pictures with our sweet waterproof camera!! Only cost us $12 which is why all of the pictures are pretty bad quality.

After that we headed back to the shore and walked around Key West for a little while and Adam bought some flip flops at one of the shops. Then we hoped on the shuttle to go back to the ship. We got back to the ship just after lunch time and binged on food. We were so hungry we hadn't really eaten much that day.

That night was formal night at dinner. We got all dressed up and had a fun time at dinner. I got the chocolate melting cake for dinner again and it was as delicious as ever. It was funny how every night at dinner they would come and take every couples picture and then take an individual picture of each person. It was so awkward every time and we would always just pull funny faces because we knew we were going to buy them. We definitely got some sun from our excursion earlier in the day and my hair was so frizzy. I'm not used to the humidity.

That evening we went to a comedy show that was so funny. It was the same comedian from the first night but he did his own show this time and we loved it. We couldn't stop laughing.

Then we successfully hit the hot tub this time. We even found an exclusive hot tub on the back of the boat just for adults so there weren't any kids bugging us. It was perfect!!

And of course we came back to our room to this cute little bunny!