Friday was an exciting day because we would be going to Santa Barbara, California! Early that morning, we anchored off in near the shore. After an awesome breakfast, we loaded into a small boat, called a tender, and the tender took us to shore.
The tenders were a little sketchy at first, but after awhile, we got used to it. It was just a 5-minute ride over the shore and we set off to explore!
Santa Barbara is GREAT! I could totally live there. In fact, I told my wife many times as we walked around that I would be completely content to live there. The weather was perfect and we walked around the harbor, looking out at the ocean and sand. There was a pier nearby that we walked along, discovering the little shops and restaurants there. We got some really expensive ice cream as we walked on the pier. We walked along the beach. Taking our shoes and socks off, I could feel the cool sand in between my toes. We waded into the cold water and I enjoyed my first time in the ocean.
After playing around at the beach and in the water, we brushed our feet off and put our shoes back on. We decided to walk up State Street to explore the many stores Santa Barbara had to offer. We found a cool hat store and tried some funky hats on for fun. I saw lots of palm trees lining the street; it being my first time seeing a real palm tree also. This trip included a lot of "firsts" for me as I haven't had many vacations in my lifetime.
After walking around Santa Barbara for a couple of hours, we decided to head back to the harbor. We loaded back on the tender and it took us back to our mother ship. We went to the buffet for lunch, complete with delicious fresh fruit. We sat right by the huge windows that overlook the ocean below us. It was a great view as we ate our lunch.
That afternoon, I started getting a headache. I think it was because I didn't really drink any water all day. I hung out in the room while my wife laid out in the sun for awhile. When she came back, we both showered and got ready for dinner. This night was a more formal night so we dressed up (it wasn't required, but we wanted to). As we went to dinner, I really wasn't feeling too good. We sat down, ordered our food, and my stomach was hurting. We got our salads, but after only one or two bites of mine, I felt like I was going to throw up. My wife asked our waiter to cancel our food orders and we left. We ran to one of the stores onboard and got Advil and Dramamine for seasickness. After vomiting the little food I did eat at dinner and the medications kicking, I was starting to feel better. In the newsletter that day, it announced there would be an illusionist showing that night. Since I was feeling better, we decided to go. They're called Hawley Magic and they were on America's Got Talent. They were pretty good, but it wasn't really what I expected. There was dancing and a lot of show-casing and I wasn't really expecting that. I thought it was going to be just a combination of magic tricks.
Anyways, that was day 3 on our honeymoon cruise. It was good, except for the seasickness.
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