Sun Jan 17th

We stayed the night in a fairly dumpy hotel that had a train running right by it all through the night. The worst part was that it wasn't even cheap! $160! Yesterday we also used an expensive taxi to get us to the hotel from the airport. Not our cheapest outing!  We wised up from yesterday though and used an Uber car instead of a taxi to get us to the cruise. We got a coupon from the hotel for Uber and ended up getting it for free! We tipped the guy $5, so basically we paid $5 for an Uber, when yesterday we paid $45 for a taxi going the same distance. Uber is awesome. 

We made onto the boat pretty early and went straight to the buffet. After eating we had to go back down to the ship terminal to help out one of Nick's Purdue boys and his girl friend get on the ship. I guess that since they were under 21 and not married, they needed parent consent. What ended up happening was their parents had to email the cruise saying that they were handing over guardianship to Nick Stephenson for the duration of the cruise. We joked about having two new kids in our family. It was a crazy long process but we were finally able to all get back on the ship and get "our kids" on as well. 

It was cool to see a bit of Florida off the boat. We saw a ton of windsurfers and even a submarine. These two pics were taken in front of the Everglades. Sometime when we have more time in FL I'd love to take a boat through there. It's so beautiful and green!