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Day 277 (89) – Welcome to Mobile
Sorry for the delay, but here are the (postdated) entries about the trip to Cozumel.
Our trip to Cozumel (by way of Carnival Cruise) started with a late night drive down to Mobile, AL. The drive is just around 12 hours, and Tim was a champ and drove the whole way (for our car at least). Other passengers in our car included myself, Adam (my brother) and Megan (a friend of Dave’s). The other attendees (but not in our car, because although we are going to Mexico, we were not “riding Mexican”) included Dave (my brother, whose birthday is Oct. 7th and the reason we are going on the cruise), Angie (Dave’s friend from Abuelo’s), Justin (Angie’s friend), Sherre (Dave’s friend from Morehead), Andrea (Morehead), Trevor (Morehead), my Mom, and her three friends, Mike, Carol and Kay.
We arrived in Mobile around 7am, which was grand, considering we had to wait until after 1pm before we could even board the boat. Naturally we went to Crackel Barrel for breakfast, where they made it known that they don’t discriminate against races or ethnicities. And really, it’s probably not a good sign if you have to have a sign at the front of the store saying this. Maybe during segregation would this be helpful, but it’s kind of assumed now. Having a sign like this is kind of like being a little kid and telling your mom that you didn’t do anything before she even realizes something is broken.
After breakfast we did what any group of people do in a small town – we hung out at Wal Mart. Or, more specifically, napped in the car in the Wal Mart parking lot, which was definitely a first for me. The parking lot did provide quite the venue for people watching though, as we saw a whole smorgasboard of interesting folks, ranging from an attractive cougar dressed in a jungle print dress to a whole family of mullets.
With a total of 3 or 4 hours of uncomfortable Wal Mart sleep under our belts, it was time to head to the ship. We met up with the other cars and boarded the Holiday. After a brief wait, our bags finally made it to our rooms, and that brings us to now. The first night should be an interesting one considering most of us are sleep deprived, but we shall see how things go…
