That Time I (Rode in a Jeep and Almost Died)

Before I say anything else, I must tell you a little about my day today.

It has been a week and a half since I last posted (I'm as ashamed as you are) but I had some inspiration today so I told myself that as soon as I got home from work, I would sit down and write. Well wouldn't you know that today is the day that the internet wasn't working. (Okay, this happens a lot, but we'll just pretend that it was today of all days.)

After unplugging and plugging every single wire, still nothing. So I said, "That's okay! I can do lots of stuff without internet!" So I read a chapter out of my book...and then tried to restart the internet. No dice (what does this saying even mean?? It is a saying, right?). Then I decided, "well now would be a perfect time to try and sell my books from last semester on Amazon!" But wait...I need the internet for that.

Then I got super productive and transferred all the pictures on my phone to my computer, started organizing all of them into folders, deleted them all from my iPhone, and then tried to restart the internet.

Finally I sat down, looked some stuff up, figured out I reset our router to its factory settings so I needed to do a bunch of crap to get it to work again, and after 30+ minutes of that, our internet finally works!

And after all this, do you know what I'm most proud of? Our new Wifi name.

I wish I could say I thought of it all on my awesome-own, but I did not. I looked up "funny wifi names" and this was the best one!

Part Four of That Time I (Went on a Cruise)!

You can also check out part two and three!

The last island we would visit on the cruise was Aruba. Our excursion was a jeep ride...

...and I swear I almost died.

Honestly it was a lot of fun. I actually enjoyed it more than Dillon did. He didn't trust the jeep/seatbelts/doors...which was fully warranted. I'm pretty sure the jeep almost tipped over at least a hundred times, almost all the seatbelts were either broken or broke during our trip, and the back door swung open at least a million times during our speedy windy insane death-defying jeep ride.

Okay...I may be exaggerating just a little....but it really was scary!

We started out by driving to some mountain or hill thing (I have a terrible memory) and when you climbed the stairs to the top it had a gorgeous view of pretty much the entire island. (See "Aruba" picture.)

We then climbed back in the jeeps, almost died a couple more times, and then headed to this gorgeous natural pool. It was right by the ocean, but was naturally surrounded by rocks. It was actually quite deep and a lot of people went snorkeling (I tried for about a minute and then opted out...I really dislike fish). D was also a daredevil and climbed some rocks until he got yelled at. Whoops!

I have no idea what's going on with my hair...

We were also able to walk through some caves of the ancient Arubian people (I probably made that up) and it was pretty neat, but of course I don't have any pictures of that. Our last stop on our jeep ride was at a beach where we could actually go play in the water! It was a little scary because apparently there was a really strong undertow and of course Dillon and his uncles were as far as they could go, but I had fun just hanging out with his cousins in the shallower area! That was until I lost my beautiful pink sunglasses. I'm seriously still upset about that one.

And then back to the cruise ship we went! Overall it was a really fun excursion! I honestly really enjoyed the scariness of the ride until the end when I started to feel a little queasy. Luckily we all made it off the jeep without any fun bodily fluids arising. ;)

Even though it has been seven months since the cruise, I am still waiting on other pictures. So even though this post wraps up my That Time I (Went on a Cruise) series for now, don't be surprised to see it resurface in the future, just so I can share some of the random pictures that I either didn't have yet, or weren't from any specific excursion! 

Luckily I don't feel too bad about skipping last week's That Time I post, because Alex did, too! Although she is a much better blogger than me and still posted that day...and on all of the days in between. Whoops! But don't forget to check out her blog, because she's the best! :)

That Time I (Swam With Dolphins)

Part Three of That Time I (Went on a Cruise)

See Part Two here!

Our second destination on the cruise was Curaçao, which is an island in the southern Caribbean!

This island was gorgeous. My favorite part about it being the colorful buildings.

I wish we had such colorful cities in America! 

Our excursion on this island was...wait for it...swimming with dolphins!

After getting off the ship we drove to the Caracao Sea Aquarium where we took part in the Dolphin Academy! I am not going to lie, I was really scared! I think I have mentioned before that I really don't like the ocean, and I greatly dislike almost everything that swims around in it. I was really hesitant to do much, but towards the end I was actually diving in and swimming below the surface with them! It was a really great experience.

Dolphin kisses!

When you waved two fingers the dolphins would sing!

You can see how we were still in ocean water, it was just an enclosed area, which was really cool.

Before swimming with the dolphins we walked around the rest of the aquarium. There was a shark feeding where you could "pet" the sharks and then feed them! I decided to not take part in that activity...I'm such a baby.

After swimming with dolphins we watched a dolphin show!

And then the rest of the evening looked a little like this:

This was the only night that was had on an island, so Dillon and I decided to take advantage of it! We ended up going out to dinner just us two and then going to a casino (where we actually won some money!). I was scared the entire some of the time though because I didn't want the ship to leave us! Overall it was a gorgeous island on a gorgeous day/evening!

I hope this was well worth the wait! I'll try my best not to leave you hanging like that again. :)

Alex @ Let Life Be Like Music...check her out, you know you want to!

That Time I (Went on a Speedboat Adventure)

Part Two of That Time I (Went on a Cruise)

The first full day of the cruise was what they liked to call "Fun Day at Sea" which meant that we would not be getting off on an island that day. Totally fine! It was so much fun to explore the ship! There were too many rooms to count and so much free food to eat! Come on, you guys know the best part of a cruise is the food, right?? ;)

I was so excited for the second day, but honestly really nervous, too. We would be docking in Grand Turk and doing a Reefs and Rays excursion. I don't know why I was so nervous - getting off the ship and having the possibility of getting stranded on an island sound fun? No thanks! But I woke up bright and early ready to step on land when the captain made an announcement - we would not be getting off the ship that day. The winds were too strong for us to be able to get to the docking area safely. At first I honestly wasn't that bummed out. I thought the ship was fun, we would get refunded for the excursion, and I could sleep in a little longer.

Then the second day came and we were actually able to dock safely!

So our first stop: La Romana! The third-largest city in the Dominican Republic.

And our excursion: Speedboat Adventure!

I am still amazed by how amazingly gorgeous this island was. The speed boat took us to a small island off of La Romana, which I can't remember the name of now. You can see as many pictures of this gorgeous water as you want, but nothing compares to actually seeing it in person. I was just in awe the entire time. We stayed on the beach for a little while and then they took us out to a natural pool, where even though we were in open water, it was shallow enough for us to stand in. That's where Dillon's cousins found that awesome starfish! I definitely didn't want this excursion to end, and little did I know that it was our only real beach day! Once I was off the boat and onto this gorgeous island, I started to get a little more upset that we had missed our excursion the day before. Nonetheless, this excursion was amazing! Walking along the beach and actually being able to be in the ocean without being afraid of what might be down there...just pure bliss!

Oh, and there may or may not have been an open bar where we got free coke and rum the entire time. Nothing will ever compare to this drink in the Caribbean, there is something about their rum that is just so much better!

Just saying!

Make sure you come back next week to see pictures from the excursion in Curacao!

And as always, hop on over to Alex's blog to see her That Time I post!

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