We took a short cruise of the southern Caribbean with a group from the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches that was organized by Marsha Stevens, who wrote the hymn Come To The Water (For those tears I died).  Marsha is a contemporary Christian singer, and her web page is http://www.balmministries.com/.

The cruise was on Carnival's Tropicale and left from Tampa.  We flew in and out of Fort Lauderdale so we could visit with Pat's cousins Myrtle and Marilyn.  We rented a car and drove to Tampa.
 
 
 
 

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We stopped at the Tampa Aquarium and saw these relatives of sea horses.	This is the Tropicale	Marsha Stevens and her granddaughter Bree.	This is some of our group before the Captain's dinner.
More of our group.	Pat holding a sea turtle at Grand Cayman turtle farm	An unusual salt formation on Grand Cayman called "Hell."	Pat in Hell
Hell Post Office	Stingray City -- we got to swim with the stingrays	Ice sculpture at the grand buffet. The food on the cruise was terrific  -- not too good for 2 ladies on a diet.	We were greeted at Cozumel by this little guy.  We saw lots of iguanas that day in Tulum.
We drove to Tulum to see the Mayan ruins.
When we returned to the cabin each day, we found these cute critters made out of towels by our cabin boy, June.	Here we are in our cabin with June and several of his towel critters.	Marsha's final concert on the cruise.	Picture taken by the ship's photographer
Picture taken by the ship's photographer	Here is a picture of our entire group.	Here we are with Pat's cousin Myrtle in Fort Lauderdale.	This is Pat with her cousin Marilyn and her husband Bill.