Western Caribbean Cruise - Day 2

Day 2 was considered an 'at sea' day.  It started out great with a morning workout.  They had a nice fitness area and a track on the top deck to run around.  Tate and I enjoyed some fruit @ the buffet before hitting the gym.

This was wear we enjoyed that fruit before the gym session.
















We enjoyed the sun out on the back of the boat most of the day and just relaxed.  It was a beautiful day out so it made it easy to do this.

About mid day...we went to the 'main' deck of the boat where they always had music playing and fun stuff going on.  Tate was in a contest called 'master mixologist'.  He entered the contest the night before when we had been playing bingo.  They drew 5 names out of a bucket and those 5 people got to make a drink out of certain liquors and juices.  The winner's drink would be featured on this carnival cruise and future cruises.  Tate's name was drawn the night of bingo.  It was him against 4 other ladies.  They wanted a judge from the crowd and I jumped @ the chance. They didn't know Tate and I were together...tricky, I know :)  There was a total of 3 judges...me and 2 carnival cruise employees.  I did taste them all and Tate's was in the top 2 for sure...the other judges and myself decided his was the winner.  He received 5 free drink tickets and his drink was featured on the cruise for the rest of our trip.  Before he did the contest...we had decided to name the drink 'Jackpot' since we had won bingo the night before.  For being a judge, I received 1 free drink ticket.

Here is a picture of the drink...




















After the 'Master Mixologist' contest, they had a hairy chest contest and Tate convinced Tom to do it.  He agreed as long as no pictures were taken.  I respected his wishes.  Shannon volunteered to be a judge.   She was the 'sniffer' judge...meaning she had to sniff their odor.  She enjoyed sniffing her husbands but not the others in the contest.

Day 2 night was considered formal night.  All 4 of us had a 'Jackpot' before dinner.















We enjoyed another great show with dancers and singers.  They also had an adult only comedy show that we went to also.  It was a great night of laughter and fun.

Here is Tate and I on the staircase in the atrium.  It's weird seeing a picture of me being taller than him. He wasn't standing up tall. We only got one picture taken...so it will have to do.  They had professional pictures taken...they were $22 for one 8x10 and I wasn't all about paying that much for a picture.

Time to rest because day 3 brings Cozumel Mexico.