Well, it's been a month since we returned from the Caribbean Cruise and I can't really say we've been up to much.

I pulled up the view from the Straits this afternoon...

It doesn't look like there's any threat of boating up there for a week or two yet.

On the other hand, we've had our days here in the sunny south that weren't exactly toasty.

Of course those days, it was well below zero in Michigan so I don't feel too bad about a couple chilly mornings at the freezing mark.  At least the water here isn't frozen.

Speaking of water and the sunny south...

That's not so much the case today.  When it rains down here, it usually rains a bucket full.  Hard to believe water can actually pond on this soil.  It's sandy like the beach.

In other news, we took a "fun" day and went to Disney World for something to do.  We went to the Animal Kingdom in the morning.

It was about what I expected.  A fancy zoo with a few rides mixed in.

That kept our interest until about noon, then we shuttled over to the Magic Kingdom for the afternoon.

We hit all the popular attractions there, Tiki Birds, Space Mountain, Bear Jamboree, Presidents, etc. then hung around for the evening electric light parade.

That's a pretty nice show.

Outside of that day, it's been time plugging away at the reconstruction of "work island".  Good news is that the construction is complete.

There's new paneling on the walls, new electrical and lighting, new window trim and mini-blinds.  Only thing left to tackle is to replace the flooring...eventually.

Tomorrow is March and northern boating should be on the horizon, although after looking at the conditions, I'm not too confident that it's going to happen anytime soon.

It's official.  We're going back to Mackinaw City for the 2015 boating season.  The cash and contract were sent this week.  We were offered a slip at St. Ignace, but decided Mackinaw City was a better fit for us.  We did enjoy it there last season.

Now for current events.

We cruised last week on Royal Caribbean's "Vision of the Seas" .

It was the usual family cast of characters.

We traveled to Roatan, Honduras; Belize City, Belize; Costa Maya, Mexico, and Cozumel, Mexico.

Arriving at Roatan, we found that it isn't always sunny in the Caribbean.

As a matter of fact, it poured rain all day long so our island experience was more or less limited to this.

Our excursion to the beach and snorkeling was cancelled.  We did stroll through the market at the pier later in the afternoon but spent that day enjoying activities on the ship.

The clouds parted the following day in Belize for a fantastic snorkeling adventure on the barrier reef and beach stop at Starfish Island.

The reef was awesome.

Son Brian is getting real comfortable with his snorkeling.  Here he is diving down to the reef.

There was lots of life to view.  The guide even caught a lobster.

The guide even caught a lobster.

After the snorkel, the best part of the excursion, rum punch...or I should say, UNLIMITED rum punch.  The boat somehow seemed just a bit more unstable after a few glasses of the punch.

Then it was onto Starfish Island for some swimming and sun.

That was one of the best excursions we've ever taken.

The next day was on to Costa Maya where we discovered a decent snorkel opportunity right at the head of the pier.

We toured the local markets at the pier and did the same at Cozumel, opting to forego any activities there.

So ended a great week in the Caribbean.

Meanwhile back at the ranch...

Construction.

We found a little water damage to the sub floor in one area and repaired that.

While I have the mess made, I'll re-panel the area, remove the old and worn curtains, install blinds and carpet and update the electrical.

Beats the crap out of shoveling snow.

Our northern neighbor sent us a few shots of the northern abode this week.

Happy to be here, to say the least!