The city of Miami comes to life


The view from my balcony on board the beautiful Norwegian Dawn
We're about to leave the Port of Miami


It's good to know that the Coast Guard is on the job


The South Beach area and the Miami Yacht Club


South Beach.....see anything interesting?  Sorry, no close-ups  ;-)


There's no time like the present to find out; "The Drink Of The Day"


The Unit say's "hello" to the cruisers and promises a great trip!


A smokey room, beverages....ahh, there's nothing like a good cigar


The sun breaks through over an island near Samana


Our first port, the island of Samana.
A misty fog hangs over in the early a.m.


As we anchor, tender boats wait to take cruisers on their excursions


On board, the main lobby, in all it's glory


A look upward from the floor of the Norwegian Dawn lobby


Pick the one, at this table, who's "not all together there"


Mmmmmm......shrimp


The Unit caught stealing food off of other's table


This was a great couple we met.
They're from Washington...it's her birthday too!


Our Travel Leaders Reps (Karen-L and Aimee-R)


The rich and famous pulling out of the bay at St. Thomas


The island of St. Thomas, one of Bill Michaels' favorite ports!


The building are colorful to say the least....it's just festive


The cruisers set sail for a 3 hour tour....a 3 hour tour!


All ashore who's going ashore


The port in St. Thomas...our ship is the 3rd (right)


One of the Top 10 beaches in the world....Megan's Bay


The scenes in St. Thomas are incredible


A light, warm afternoon shower was just over the hill


Avast ye mateee


The kids pool on the back of the Norwegian Dawn (The T-Rex Kids Pool)


A kids water cannon at the kiddie pool or.......nevermind!


From the kids pool water-bone-squirter thing....to ...well, A TARGET!


Well, it's Wednesday in Tortola next to the Norwegian Jewel


The island of Tortola gets more beautiful everytime we visit


This is an inviting port, great people and awesome weather


Look at the roads that take you up and over Tortola


The Gem and the Dawn, side by side


Cane Garden Beach, it's stunning!


You'll find all kinds on the beach here...
the big brown dog peed on a sand castle and knocked it over


Even ROOSTERS make the beach home.....can you say BBQ?


Just a great place to relax


This is just incredible isn't it!


Enjoy the sun and tan....Nuff said


When you ask for a window seat at this restaurant, it's perfect isn't it!


Coming back from our day at the beach....what a view


You can't beat this day.  The marina on Tortola


That's right, it's a hand rolled cigar....I swear to you!


A day at sea...just hang by the pool and enjoy


We be jammin' maan


That's right, it's the Electric Slide in the pool


We were fishing and we had one on thiiiiissssss biggg


Yeah, well I drank a margarita thiiiiiiissssss bigggg


The Unit stylin' and profilin'


OMG....BFF's


The Food Dudes!


A round table discussion about CHOCOLATE FONDUE!


Said.....CHOCOLATE FONDUE


Getting their feed bag on after a few libations


More Big Unit Cruisers enjoying Le Bistro


Done.....uggghh....stuffed!


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Dropping anchor at Great Stirrup Cay


Parasail anyone?


Flying High


The cruisers showing off a little athletic prowess


The pole tells you where to go after drinking


Stress testing the ropes Baby


Just an incredible island


A little shopping while you're on the island


The last tender of the evening...now we head for home


The Unit thanks everyone for joining him this year


A full house on the Big Unit Cruise


Good people, the Shines (middle and left) come year after year


No, I'm tellin' ya, Brett Favre retired....no kidding!


This is nice, I'm taking the furniture

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