Every night we are given a sheet of history, tips and a map for the next day\u2019s Island. The description for Dominica was that it was a relatively
\n\u201cyoung\u201d volcanic island. \u201cDominca\u2019s rugged mountains drop precipitously
\ninto lush valleys creating the picture of tropical paradise\u2026\u201d So late last night we decided that daddy and R should try to do an excursion today.
\nSo daddy went and found there was still room on the Rainforest Tram ride.
\nSounds cool eh? Yah, only not so much for people who don\u2019t like heights!
\nSo J and I stayed behind. The left soon after breakfast. J and I
\nwandered ashore. The town itself was somewhat run down. We were the
\nonly cruise ship docked, and the locals had set up a market like area on
\nthe pier. We browsed there. I got R a sundress. Cute boy clothes for
\nJ\u2019s age were definitely lacking however. We walked to the end of the
\nmarket, then walked into the town. The info sheet had said that the sidewalks were in disrepair, and boy were they not kidding. The whole town seems run down, and sidewalks were treacherous, if there at all. I had J in the stroller and I had to keep my eyes on the ground the whole
\ntime. It was very hot, and we quickly grew tired of walking around. We
\nheaded back to the ship and hung out on the Lido deck by the pool (in the
\nshade of course!). Once J got bored of that I took him to the Promenade
\ndeck thinking I\u2019d just walk him until he fell asleep, but those
\ntraditional deck steamer chairs looked to dog-gone comfy. I parked him
\nbeside me, and rocked the stroller until he fell asleep. After we got
\nlunch, and just as we finished, daddy and R caught up with us. They had had a good time. R made friends with all the elderly ladies on the tour, had them laughing at her jokes, and wrote a story with one too.
\nApparently she didn\u2019t even sit with Daddy on the bus ride, but with her new friend \u201cChar\u201d! Char also has a grandchild adopted from China.
\nThey took some pretty spectacular pictures, I\u2019ll have to post them later.
\nThe afternoon was spend by the pool. I swam with R until her friends arrived at which point she happily let me sit in a deck chair and just
\nwatch. I was quite content with my audio book on my ipod. Daddy and J
\nwent for naps. Late afternoon I coaxed my prune like daughter out of the
\npool (she\u2019d been in it for over 3 hours) and got everyone cleaned up for
\nformal night. I wanted us ready early so we could get the photographer
\nto take pictures of the kids. The ones of J turned out so great the other day, I wanted ones of both of them and R. We\u2019ll see how there are
\ntomorrow. J was really restless and hard to keep happy during dinner,
\nand R was out of sorts too. She had complained in the morning of her stomach hurting, and that worried me. Apparently some of her little friends had been sick this morning too. Great, just what we need. I think J was unhappy because of cutting teeth and just being tired.
\nHere\u2019s hoping we don\u2019t get sick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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