That Yoda Guy -- Phillipsburg, St. Maartin

The man who built Yoda left California and moved to St. Maartin and opened a store. I spend a lot of time in Southern California so I kind of understand.  He opened a store and museum there to sell arts and Cromely and The GF got to meet him.  I got to meet the big star, though.

Orient Beach, St. Marten

Another day, another beach. This time we went to a beach on St. Martin.  There was a scarfless resort next to the beach we were on, but we stayed on the scarf-on side.

St. Thomas Port, Virgin Islands

I did what most of those weird penguins do -- I swam underwater!  See? Here I am with a new Seahorse friend (again, like a Sea Monkey but different):



Okay. Not really. It was a trick.



The GF helped me on this one.

Butter Fly Farm -- St. Thomas,Virgin Islands

We stopped to see a Butter Fly farm in St. Thomas, and we got really close to them. My friend Max would have loved it, but doesn't travel much. Cromely says he needs his own seat and is too big to travel by pocket.

Snacks! -- Freedom of the Seas, Carribean

All the snacks a Penguin could want! Pull a lever and unlimited ice cream comes out!

But it was too early this day and the machine was closed. But...Unlimited Soft Ice Cream Snacks!  I'm spending all of the next cruise here!  Unlimited snacks!

New Friend on the Boat -- Freedom of the Seas, Carribean

I made a few new friends this trip. Some came back to Seattle with me. Another one stayed on the boat. He was a magic fellow that could only be around a few hours of the day. And he was a Shape Shifter.

When I met him, he was a crab. I think.





On another day, he was an elephant.



He let me ride him to go see a few more of our friends.

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Another night, he was a seal.





The next night, he was a monkey. Which I guess is like a Sea Monkey, but different. Which is weird because we were out at sea...








I invited him back to Seattle, and he liked the idea, but decided to stay. He already had a lot of other shape shifter friends on the boat and would miss them too much. We said our good byes and he untwisted back into the air.  You get to meet really interesting people when you travel.

Cocoa Cay, Bahamas

Cromely and the GF took me on a boat for a trip called JoCo Cruise Crazy in February, 2013.  It was a "nerd cruise" on a really big boat -- bigger even than boat we took to Victoria.



It was whole week. They day after we started we got off the boat and went to the beach.



It was warm and sunny and not like Seattle in February. I may be small, but I'm an adult, sophisticated Penguin so I sunbathed toppless!  Hee Hee.  I took off my scarf!





It was a great way to start the week.