We made the 945ish boat and made it to port b y 10am. We got off the boat, had our pic made with the pirate and Johnny was standing there and said to Rusty "You guys must be the Tanners". Immediately there was a comfort level with him and I couldn't wait to see Darlene. She was sitting in the shade with her precious dog "Bama". Immediately we hugged and just felt at home.
They were gracious enough to take us around in Belize. We loaded up in their van after a short walk out of the port and we headed down the street. I wasn't really impressed with the way Belize looked but it was okay. They drove to their hotel where they dropped Bama off and we headed back out in the car. We went to Old Belize which apparently is a place outside of Belize City. We went to a restaurant there and ate. It was a neat restaurant. The food was great! Payton had this pizza which was absolutely scrumptious. The restaurant was an open air type restaurant and overlooked a lagoon that had a big slide and big trampoline and a beach. They had a zip line there but I don't think I would have wanted zip lining over a restaurant. It didn't look too interesting. There were some nice boats in the harbor there.
Once lunch was over, we did the tour through the info part about Belize. It was interesting. We finished that in about 15 minutes then got back in the Glasgow's van to head back to port. We stayed in Old Belize for a few hours. Once back in the van, we drove around and got to see parts of Belize we wouldn't have seen on our own. It was interesting. We went to a department type store and looked around. Johnny said this is where the Americans shop when they come to Belize. We walked around the streets for a little bit and then started to head back to the port to say goodbye to the Glasgow's and board our ship again.
Upon doing this, Rusty realized that he left our backpack back in Old Belize. This was a little scary because we only had about an hour an a half to board the boats to get back to our ship and Old Belize wasn't too close. But Johnny raced out to Old Belize, Rusty hopped out and got the backpack (which thankfully had everything still in it...passports, money... etc etc). We raced back to the port and still had time. We hugged the Glasgows with regret that we had to leave. They were gracious hosts and I felt like we had known them forever. I feel as if we have made some good friends.
After we were back in the gates of the port, we did about 30 minutes of shopping. We got Payton a Tshirt and me a sterling silver bracelet. Jackson couldn't find anything so we told him we'd get him something in Cozumel.
The boat tendered us to the ship and we immediately went to our room and began preparations for the evening. Of course, Payton and Jackson wanted to go to Raffles to grab a quick bite to eat so that's what we did.
Tonight's theme aboard the Spirit was "White Hot Party". Rusty and I didn't really participate. We walked to the Galaxy of the stars.. the night club at the front of the boat. We thought it would be really decorated white but it was just a so so thing. We stopped into the Galaxy as they were finishing up the Family Feud game or something like that. We watched for a while then it was over...so much for timing.
We went to get our photos in the photo place on the boat then sat listening to the piano guy in the main atrium. He's pretty good and we enjoy this. While there Jackson' friend's mom came and sat with us. Her name is Mary. She is a pilot in Mississippi where her husband is a psychiatrist. She and her son, Damien, went on this trip by themselves and they were a sweet family. Jackson really hit it off with Damien. They have pal'ed around all week together. We talked with her then we all headed to pick up our kids.
The kids were a little tired from the day so we are turning in aroun 1130 tonight. We have a big day in Cozumel! Looking forward to seeing it again!
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