With an unexpected cruise planned and only given two weeks notice to pack, we began yet another journey. On Sept 16 we traveled to Kansas City and spent the night there so that we wouldn't have to drive during the early morning hours. Our flight was to be at 10 a.m. putting us in New Orleans a little past noon, but once again we experienced a delay due to mechanical problems. After sitting at the airport for an extra three hours we were finally on our way. This is why we always head for our cruise a day in advance. Some at the airport weren't so lucky as they were cruising on Sunday afternoon and with the delay it's most likely they missed their ship. We spent a relaxing evening in New Orleans waiting anxiously for morning to come. We headed back to the airport and waited a short time for the Carnival bus to pick us up. Once we arrived at the port we checked in and within an hour we were on the ship having lunch and watching others arrive. I decided to make one last call to our daughter, Sarah, to remind her we won't have phone service for the week. I didn't get to talk to her as I got her voice mail so I just left the following message,"after getting arrested in New Orleans and spending the night in jail, we finally posted bail and now are on our way to Progresso." Larry and I laughed as we knew Sarah would be texting Homer to see if he knew anything and that Sarah just wouldn't know for sure what to think. That's part of the fun Larry & I have is to keep the kids guessing and wondering what we are up to next. After we set sail, we met with some wonderful people that Larry was aquainted with through a Carnival forum online. We had a good time talking to them and spent much time with them throughout the cruise.

This cruise took us to Progresso and Cozumel, both places we've been to before. Once we arrived in Progresso we took the free shuttle into town then began our walk looking for the doubledecker bus tour. After asking several people how to get to the bus we finally met a nice man who said we weren't far from it so he walked us to the area. Not being thrilled of heights,I hesitated before climbing the ladder to the top deck of the bus, once I made it to the top you could feel the rockiness in the bus. But the ride and tour was wonderful even though at some points you had to duck your head because of low powerlines and tree branches. We got to see many wonderful buildings although neither of us could really understand what the tour guide was telling us they were. We did see such things as the school, post office, a church that has no doors on it, police station, many stores, beaches which are all paid beaches. On the beaches you can do anything from sunbath, to having dinner or even get a massage.

Our tour was over and we began a little shopping while heading back to the ship. Ut-oh, which way do we go. We walked many blocks looking for an orange building that I remembered we passed not knowing there were quiet a few orange buildings that looked the same. Lost in Progresso, who back home is going to believe this. After more walking we finally saw people who looked as if they may of come off a cruise ship so we stopped and asked them if they knew how to get back to the ship. Yeah, they were much help and we followed their direction and found our ship. But even with getting lost in Progresso it was a fun and memoriable adventure. Read more