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April 2008 Western Caribbean - Traveling with "Louise" & "Thelma"

Linda (Thelma) had found our website through Cruise Critic and sent me a note about our Rhine Cruise in April of 2007.  She and Betty (Louise) and their respective spouses are taking the same cruise later this year (summer of 2007).  We began exchanging notes and we quickly became fast e-friends.

Betty had a last minute opportunity for aWestern Caribbean trip and her husband couldn't get away from his work so she asked Linda to go along.  It wasn't until they got back and Linda sent me pictures showing that I'd been thought about along the way!

During the trip, other folks began to call them "Thelma & Louise"!  I still don't know what kind of antics they were into that inspired the naming!  I will let that remain their little secret!

Their first stop was in Key West.  Knowing that we lived in Florida, Linda asked me about Key West and while it had been many years since we'd been there, I did tell her what we had done on that trip.  The Conch Train for one! And, of course a stop at Sloppy Joe's!  Well, at least for a picture!  Linda on the right is holding artwork she drew to take along on the cruise!  Betty is game for the whole thing! The sign says "It's 5:00 somewhere, where's Ruth?"  Thus my vicarious trip began!	These two even took me shopping with them!  Fortunately, this is Key West so no one would ever bat an eye at the kookiness!  What fun ladies!  Traveling with them would have to have been a continuous joy!
And, I even got to share the Captain's reception with them!  I loved having my own glass with my name etched on it!  Linda's work is fantastic!  And, I'm sure they each had a glass of champagne for me!!
	And, now on the beach at West Bay Beach in Roatan, Honduras, we meet Ruth the parrot!  I think this one is my favorite!  I'm just not sure why my new found friends are sipping soda leaving me to drink the heavier stuff alone!!  Well, perhaps it isn't plain lemonade and pure cola in those drinks they are holding!  Only they know!

And here are the Roman Goddesses of the Grape all decked out for the Toga Party holding all three of the signs Linda had drawn!
Thank you Thelma & Louise for a delightful trip!