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My cruise was AWESOME!!! Thanks for asking. And yes, I do look good with a tan, if I do say so myself.

I would highly recommend the Bahamas to anyone looking for some fun in the sun without being pestered by vendors, cat calls, pollution or hoards of tourists. In fact, take a gander at the unpopulated photo. Gold Rock Beach was ours for the day. It may look familiar from the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. At the busiest point there were maybe 35 other people there on the entire 4 mile stretch. Now I have a new happy place to escape to in my imagination when the stress of being a suburban mom starts to take me over. It was as if God gave me that day, in that place, as a special gift just for me and my hubby. However, if you don't have your own happy place, I'll let you borrow mine. We'll just use it one at a time.