The next day we drove down to Miami to board our ship ~ Carnival's ~ The Fascination. It was the best cruise ship we had been on. We had been on the Norweigen Cruise Lines to Cancun, Cozemel and Talum Xiou Ha (sp.), then Cayman Islands, and last the Bahamas, and then we went on the Royal Carribean to San Diego Harbor, Catalina Island, and then to Encinada, Mexico. Carnival is our favorite ship.

We were at sea the first day, and just laid out in the sun on the sun deck. It was nice and relaxing just laying there, reading, and enjoying the fresh air. I was disappointed that I did not see any dolphins jumping or swimming along side the ship when we sailed out.

While Scott laid on the lounger and napped, I walked along the ship and went touring. Of course I found the topless area at the top of the ship and went on up. Thank heavens there were hardly any people up there as most were probably at dinner in the dining room at that time. I waked around the deck, and then went back down to Scott. He was awake when I got back and when I told him about going up to the topless deck, naturally he had to go see it.