Sunday, February 1, 2026

February 1 - “Galveston”


Hmm. Galveston. Somehow that sounds vaguely familiar …


We were up and at ‘em by around 6 yesterday. Last full day aboard ship (at least for a couple of weeks. We already had to check in from here for our Royal Caribbean cruise). 


We attended another of the random sessions they offered. This one was to go over the Debarkation info. Actually, it was the same stuff that was on the handout we got the night before. But, hey. Some people are auditory learners. 


Just outside that session the ship store was having its final sale of the decade (well, of the two weeks, anyway). This one was a sale on their destination themed t-shirts. We found a few that we liked, so we used up the last of our onboard credit (that we just discovered we had).  Chris’ says Caribbean. Mine says Galveston.  Gotta support the home port, right?


Did I mention that it got cold again? The closer we got to Galveston the colder it got. Back to long sleeves and jeans. At lunch we decided on a Guy’s hamburger. That meant going outside and standing in line. The wind was gusting up to 40 miles per hour. My fries didn’t even stay warm! Good smash burger, though. 


We made it to one show in the afternoon. Staff combined with cruisers performing music and dancing from the 50’s. Best music all week. Well, except for the violins. I liked the violins. 


The rest of the afternoon we spent packing. Yep. Last day. That means today is departure day. Or disembark. Or whatever they call it. Here we go!


Oh, wait. I forgot dinner. I may or may not have been recruited by the waiters to join their evening dance event. I think I have figured out how to do the YMCA dance. At least the way they did it. It was lots of fun. That’s three good fellas we got to know. 


After dinner we went to the evening show. Some guy who came in fourth on The Voice season 22. He had a really powerful voice and some incredible range. 


‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭10‬:‭24‬ says, And let us be concerned about one another in order to promote love and good works


Father, thanks for a pretty amazing couple of weeks.  Bless all the folks we met for the first time. And bless Ibrahim and Atma and Gusti. Amen. 

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