35th wedding anniversary!

 So 2024 was our 35th wedding anniversary so we ....took a cruise!  We splurged and got a balcony.  It was a longer cruise we went to Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico (our favorite)  St Thomas and St Croix.  Honestly it was the most relaxing cruises we've ever taken!  Our room was near the back stairs/elevators and we were on the 6th floor right above the dining rooms and below the buffet!  We did the stairs mostly in order to make up for the eating LOL  We also brought our meals back to our room and ate on the balcony several times.   We even saw a UFO!  NO lie!  It was December 2024 and UFOs drones etc were all over the news

Our oldest son actually has his FAA drone license and he watched the videos and said he felt it was a very large drone.  We were in the southern part of the Bahamian islands going directly south to the Dominican Republic.   We were not close to land.  That night we had high winds which would make it crazy to have a drone out far from land.  My son said it had to be some type of governmental drone certainly not a private one because no one would be stupid enough to have it out on a night like that!  Winds affect drones and use up the battery trying to keep it on course.  We actually saw it 2 nights in a row and we did notify security.  The second night they got to our room in time to see it and were shocked!  Ironically Jon's assistant chaplain was on another ship a day behind us and they saw a drone out at sea nearer to St Thomas!  Crazy times!  I will admit the first night I was "boo'ed up" as they say in prison meaning I was a little scared!  What do you think???

Despite drones or UFOs we had a blast!

DR!

In the old city

Jurassic Park vibes!!!!

He's looking like Indian Jones

Puerto Rico

We walked the old city and look what we found!  A 300 year old saint in wax!  We had quite the debate on whether it was a real person or not...it was!  This is why we like to do our own tours!

St Thomas

it was HOT

my friend posing

After a shower we had supper with St Thomas in the background

St Croix

Self guided tour of the old fort and town

    

This church was on the outskirts of town.  We had to go pass a government housing project where there was a loud drug deal going on.... I admit that was a bit much but we just kept on walking!

And look who said good bye to us by the dock

Love our rainbow off the balcony!

Home in time for Sarah's 18th birthday and Christmas!  Don't forget about Kay's Tours and Cruise  Ovi can set you up for a great cruise or other types of vacations.  Tell him Yvonne sent you:)

Thus 2024 ended....thankfully it was a good year overall for us We did have a ROUGH time with Hurricane Milton!  I have pictures and videos of that and plan on doing a blog about it soon.