Day 7 – Packed up in the morning, and before leaving, we played a fun little game of Trivial Pursuit. It was Joanie and me against Ryan (and Chelsea and Sara J). The more worldly adults won.
Then drove down to meet our ferry boat to St. Thomas, but of course, it had broken down. So, we waited an extra half an hour, and paid an additional $25 to catch another ferry.
Once back on St. Thomas we returned to Bolongo Bay and had lunch at Iggie’s one last time. Great location and ambiance for a restaurant – food is okay – drinks are fine. Anyway, said goodbye to our Virgin Islands and headed to the airport.
Once we arrived, everything happened pretty quickly. Joanie and I had to head to one line and the kids to another… so we said our goodbyes for the next week or so. Joanie and I left the kids as they were in line to check their bags and head to security. We had to go through Customs (heading into Puerto Rico) and then Security. While we were in line, we got a call from our airline (Cape Air – a small 9 passenger Cessna for our 30 minute flight). They were waiting for us! So, Joanie kindly asked a couple of groups of people if we could take cuts – and they were both gracious in letting us move up. So out to the tarmac and we boarded the plane. Couldn’t sit next to each other because they boarded us all by weight. The flight was uneventful, but still Joanie and I were both a tiny bit anxious flying on such a small plane – into the clouds, tossed around a bit, but soon enough we landed in Puerto Rico.
There we were greeted by a Royal Caribbean shuttle to board our ship. We had carry-on luggage so got on board easy and to our room where we unpacked and settled in for the next week.
That evening, we walked around the deck, had a very nice dinner at our own table for two, and had a gin and tonic nightcap (yay, not a rum drink) in the Crown Lounge – the sky deck at the top of the ship. Nice and peaceful place to unwind.
Back to our stateroom where we watched a bit of a movie before starting to fall asleep. Slept with our balcony door open a bit – great fresh air and the sound of the waves lulling us to sleep. Aaaaah.
