Tales of The Traveling Totes #27

Welcome to our June 2021 Tales of the Traveling Tote adventure. 

Join all of our lovely ladies to see where there totes 

have gone in the past couple of months.  It is summer, and it 

comes and goes so quickly, so I hope you have some fun things planned. 

 

As you know Miss Madi K and I have traveled back and forth 

to Cabo quite a bit this past year, as our house down there 

got finished, so this was the first trip we did besides Cabo.

Our 42nd anniversary was coming up in May and we 

decided to return to the Atlantis in the Bahamas to celebrate.  

As my Lunch Bunch friends and I were planning out our year 

of fun, someone mentioned going to the Atlantis. 

 Not everyone had been, and one lady 

had only stopped there on a cruise, so we decided to 

join our trip with theirs.  One of the five couples couldn't 

make the trip because of a death in the family, so we 

were a party of 8. 

We think the place is just magical in every way, inside and out, 

and they had a bonus of newly remodeled rooms in the 

Royal Towers.  Miss Madi K and I are checking out the 

reception area, which just takes your breath away.

Looking down from the foyer you can see window after 

window of their aquariums, which are called The Dig.  

You enter The Dig and are transported in a 

Disney-style experience as if you are part 

of the archeological dig to uncover the 

lost city of Atlantis, complete with sounds 

of archeologists digging.  

The aquariums are massive and you can even arrange 

for an opportunity to snorkel in them.  The tunnels of 

The Dig  are fun to walk through both day and night, 

and on occasion you may see a diver in amongst 

the fish.  

This iconic temple at Atlantis houses several slides.

Two of them go through shark tanks.  Don't worry, 

you are well protected in a plexiglass tube. 

The pools are open every day, but with Covid, the slides 

alternated days, except on the weekends.  

We were there for a week so that worked well for us.  

We weren't sure about how many restaurants would 

be open, but there were plenty to choose from between 

the resort and their Marina Village.  

We all love the ocean, pools, slides, sun and good eating, 

so the Atlantis is a perfect place for us.  

The weather looked like we might have thunderstorms 

every day, but we ended up having perfect weather.  I 

threw in a couple of decks of cards because I was 

worried about the weather, and we ended up playing 

King's Court every night.  We also ended up at the 

Ben and Jerry's store every night.  

They have a beautiful beach beyond their multiple pools.  

The water was incredibly warm so we were able to 

have fun playing and swimming in it.  I am cold blooded, 

so I don't like to play in the ocean if it is too cold. 

One of our favorite things was eating poolside.  These 

amazing shrimp were a dish they served at the pool.  Again, 

we didn't know if they would have food at the pool, as 

my friend had gone to Hawaii and their pool and hotel 

had no food.  They went across the street to an ABC 

store for breakfast and lunch!!  We were thrilled with 

the food and variety that were available.  Of course, we 

didn't know for sure, so we all brought snacks in our 

suitcases.  

Behind us is the Royal Towers section of the hotel.  We 

were on the 18th floor, the top floor of our section and 

had amazing views of the entire property and ocean. 

Because of Covid restrictions we ended up not leaving 

the resort.  We were required to get an additional 

Covid test at day 5 free of charge, but that wouldn't 

cover our required test for our flight home.  The kind 

lady at reception said they would give us a one day 

grace period, so we used that and were able to use 

that test for returning to the United States.  To leave the 

property and go into town you needed a current negative 

test which we had the last two days of our trip, but 

everyone said the town was only half open with no cruise 

ships coming into port, so we didn't mind staying on the 

property.  

Give me sun, water, food, friends and of course my 

dear husband and I am one happy lady.  And that 

Miss Madi K is sure one spoiled lady - she gets 

to come along everywhere!

Happy 42nd anniversary honey.  

All in all, it was a marvelous anniversary with 

wonderful friends in a very magical place.  

The Bahamians are some of the friendliest 

people I have ever met, and they were so thrilled 

to be able to work again.  They made us feel so welcome.  

We all agreed we will have to make this trip again.  

Now for the MacKenzie-Childs giveaway:

Ricki Jill and the Countess de Monet

at The Sketchy Reader are giving away this adorable MC 

light switch.  The giveaways are always so cute, 

I always wish I could win.  

Visit the rest of our ladies to see where they 

have been off to this quarter.  I know a lot of travel 

has been opening up, so it should be fun.  

Debbie with Miss Aurora @ Mountain Breaths 

Emily with Miss Courtney Childs@ The French Hutch

Jenna with Miss Coquille @The Painted Apron

Linda P with Miss Lola @ Life and Linda

Patti with Miss Kenzie @ Pandora's Box  

Rita with Miss Luna C @ Panoply 

Sarah with Miss Merri Mac @ Hyacinths for the Soul

Ricki Jill and Countess De Monet @ The Sketchy Reader

Cherry Kay and Carrie Ann Hall @ Entertaining Women 

And then see how we enjoyed those short summer months, 

when we have another edition of Tales of the Traveling Tote 

in September.