The Weather is Here...

Third journal entry from the cruise

18 May 2009, 0845 GMT-5
N 24° 34.693'
W 075° 57.149'

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas

Just got settled here on the beach at Half Moon Cay. It is absolutely beautiful. It's partly cloudy and looks like we may get some rain later, but right now it's awesome.

Half Moon Cay is what they call a "tender port". Most ports have docks that the ship can pull up to and you disembark on a gangway. At a tender port, the ships anchors a ways off-shore and they pull ferrys (tenders) alongside, then the ferrys take you ashore. I wouldn't want to get off a ship like this that way very often, cause it took a while.

The beach here is pretty amazing. Our ship is the only one here, so the beach is not very crowded. The water is that clear Carribbean blue, and there is a great breeze blowing. Right now the day is perfect, but it seems like the clouds are slowly getting darker.

Update
1300 GMT-5

Yeah, so those clouds kept getting darker all day and now it's pouring down rain. The bad part is that we were supposed to do some horseback riding this afternoon, but it got cancelled. The worst part is that we are still on the island and have to ride the tenders through the storm back to the ship. I sure hope this clears off by tomorrow at Nassau, because we are supposed to go snorkeling in the morning. At least we had several hours of good weather this morning.