We woke up and were still on our way to Grand Turk Island. We had to get up early this morning because we had our last appointments with Dr. Pain, as Dean called him. He continued treatment on the same areas, but was very pleased we were both experiencing some relief.
Next, we headed up to Deck 9 to eat breakfast as the ship docked at Grand Turk Island. It was noon and we had not planned any excursions so we weren't in a rush. We enjoyed our window view, although we didn't eat much. We were able to see the beautiful blue water and the beach. It was fascinating watching the guard on his jet ski, keeping people out of the water while the ship was docking. The sun was shining so brightly, which only meant it would be very hot outside.
Adjacent to the pier was the local shopping area, designed especially for tourists on this 7.5 mile island. We had to go support the local tourism. Margaritaville had a large pool with a swim-up bar. It was inviting, but not for us. However, it was so hot, we didn't stay long in the shopping area. We made a few purchases, but the heat was overwhelming.
On the way back to the pier, we passed a display of John Glenn's Mercury capsule. On his historic flight, Friendship 7 splashed down in the waters off of Grand Turk Island. Project Mercury had a telemetry station there where they monitored Astronaut Glenn during his orbits and splashdown. We had to stop and take a peak. It was space-related!
As we headed back down the pier, we stopped to take a few pictures of the cool fish swimming in the clear water around the pier. The sun was reflecting really neat patterns on the water. The beach was packed with people now.
We dressed for dinner and went to the first comedy show of the evening. The comedians had arrived onboard and were planning 5 shows each for the next 2 night.
When we arrived for dinner, Jennifer and Heath were already there. We sat down in our usual spots. Not long, a new couple was seated. They hadn't been there all week. We warned them about our table being the fun table and they just smiled. Bradford and Karen joined us but had to sit in a new spot around the table since our "newbies" were sitting in one of their 2 seats. It was funny how we were all drawn to our same seats each night although we were only assigned to the table and not chairs.
As usual, we thoroughly enjoyed dinner and our interactions with our table mates and servers. Heath was on his usual crazy best behavior, making all of us laugh. The "newbies" were laughing, but they still weren't talking. Once they left, we all had a good laugh, knowing we probably scared them off for our remaining dinner. Time would tell!
We left dinner and went to look at photos taken the night before. We bought one of the poses. We liked several this time, but had to choose. We headed to the comedy club for the remaining 2 shows of the night. The club was called Eagles Lounge. The decor was all eagles. We especially loved the inlaid eagles in the table tops. We really loved the comedians.
