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This is aΒ Blast from the PastΒ post. These posts chronicle our travels and other life events before we started blogging! Β These posts are usually heavy on the photos, but lighter on the narrative text. Β
The third port-of-call on our 2007 Caribbean Cruise was Antigua. And my was it stunning! For this port, we opted for a cruise-organized shore excursion and we were able to see a many stunning views in our short visit in Antigua.
It was such a picturesque day with the bright blue skies and puffy clouds!


As we looked for the tour bus for our particular excursion, we walked by this bus. Was it a scenic funeral tour?

Shirley’s Lookout
Our first stop provided some amazing vistas of Antiguaβs beautiful waters. I had to look it up for this blog post, but I think this was βShirleyβs Lookout.β




So, it was at this spot that something occurred that Ken and I still joke about. About how he was taking video and not watching where he was going, tripped, and I thought he was about to tumble over the cliff. He claims he was not that close to the edge, and that it wasnβt a βcliffβ but instead a steep rocky path that would not have meant imminent death. But I beg to differ, and still beg to differ to this day!
That wouldβve made a Dateline special for sure!. I can hear Keith Morrison narrating the introduction now. βAnd here they were, taking in the beautiful views in Antigua, during their first big vacation together of their relationship. And then something went terribly wrong. SHE claims he tripped. That he was video taping and wasnβt watching where he was going. But is that REALLY what happened? Or did she push him?β
And then they proceed to find people I havenβt spoken to for decades to determine whether I could be a cold-blooded killer.
Ah yes, weβre weirdos. Thankfully he did not actually plummet to his death, so no Dateline special was necessary.



Then, if I recall correctly, we took our small tour bus to a different part of Shirleyβs Lookout.







And letβs all revert to our 7th grade sense of humor for a moment and laugh at these plants.

Nelsonβs Dockyard
After Shirleyβs Lookout, we headed to Nelsonβs Dockyard, which was SO picturesque. (Horatio Nelson was a famous British Admiral).








And those were our big stops in Antigua! Truly a stunning island.