I’ve been corresponding with West Coast Charters. They are the same company that is doing the Coral Garden Drift Snorkeling excursion on Monday. We are looking for them to pick us up from the dock after the Children of Raiatea show, which would probably be about 12:30 and returning to the dock at 5:00 – 5:30. The cost would be $50 a person; I will cover the excess cost. I know DH and I did not want to do a Pearl or Vanilla Farm, we just want to get out and enjoy the water for snorkeling and the sun and sand of a beach. I need to talk more with them and ask what they would recommend. The coral gardens do look like a neat place to go for a stop.

Newdoc, I remember corresponding with you on the cruise critic board. I had some questions about the casinos Blackjack game and you were kind enough to provide the answers. I’m sure we will be seeing each other on the ships dive excursions. My DH is unable to dive anymore, I did not want to abandon him the first day of the cruise. I’m also unsure about doing a dive with an outside operator. I recently ruptured 2 lower spinal disks, and will have to be careful with handling the weight of the gear. I know the ships dive ops will assist me, just unsure about the outside dive operator. Oh the joys of aging, lol.

Jeanine, I have also been doing some shopping, I’ve just been doing it from the confines of my bed as my back has been giving me a hard time, probably my fault since I tried to keep golfing as the pain was shooting down my leg. I was playing par golf, and I didn’t want to quit! I will also be repeating some outfits as I really want to keep the luggage to a minimum.