Day 7 -- Sint Maarten

We're here.

And here!

Steak breakfast!

Our  tour today was at 11AM, so we slept in a bit and then got to breakfast 15 minutes before the restaurant closed.  It was still good.  Bill almost had the “baby lamb” but decided to have steak instead.  Theresa took them up on their special, strawberry and chocolate pancakes!

A little after breakfast, we gathered up our stuff and headed off the boat with some excitement for one of the most anticipated tours of the trip!  An undersea “helmet” dive, where you put a helmet on and walk along the floor of the ocean and explore 20-25 feet below the surface.  As we left the ship, unfortunately the guide told us that our tour was cancelled because two of the six diver guides had colds and could not go. So, we were really disappointed, but understood that safety and wellbeing need to be the priority.  So, we milled around the pier a bit looking at shops trying to spool up for some other option.  Theresa found one she liked, but it involved a 280 foot  super yacht that runs about $850K/week (in low season)(plus expenses), but will accommodate up to 24.  So, we just need 11 couples who want to split the costs and make it merely $70k each couple.  Anyone?

A couple of super yachts.  One goes for a 'mere' $850K/week.
The other seemingly is $120M, but isn't for weekly rent.

Tug - o - war???

Someone forgot the rope!

Best way to weather the rain!

We headed back on board as the rain was picking up.  It was chilly.  But we were already suited up for swimming, so we ordered drinks and dumped stuff at a table (under a cover) to jump in the hot tub.  We imposed on one of our trivia teammates, a really funny guy (P) from Britain, to take a picture of us.  Well, the server brought our drinks to the table, so P threw a napkin over his arm and make a good show of bringing us our drinks.  It was a great laugh!!

After the trivia, we joined a couple for dinner and had a very nice time, getting to know them.  Dinner was followed by a show (with libations) and then we headed in for an "early-er" night!