50 cent (s a minute)

I'm writing to you from the Majesty of the Seas somewhere between CocoCay and Nassau in the Bahamas. This is the longest distance blog I've ever written, and also the costliest. After hitting several snags trying to get my laptop to connect to the ship's wireless network, and a couple of calls with the people at Guest Services who couldn't figure out how to get a Mac to work, I finally figured out a way to make it happen. But it's costly - 50 cents a minute! So my fingers are flying across the keyboard as best they can.

We've had a hot, muggy time so far - that's not to say it hasn't been good, but when it's 83 degrees at midnight in Miami with high humidity, there's not a whole lot else you can think about. We left for the Bahamas yesterday and spent the day today at Royal Caribbean's private island getaway called CocoCay (pronounced Coco-key if you're pronouncing it correctly, or Coco-KAY if you're the ship's cruise director). Crystal clear light blue water, perfect temperature... you'll see the pics. Pam got some good ones of me, of us, and of an iguana on the tree next to us as we lounged in a hammock.

We're back to Florida on Monday morning and back to CA on Tuesday.

More to come!