Two Days At Sea

We thought we were only going to have one last day at sea, but on the day that we were to stop on Grand Turk and go power snorkeling, the combination of wind and waves was too much for the captain to safely bring the ship alongside the dock so we had to forego our last excursion and be ship-bound an extra day.  It is good practice for next year when we will be at sea 5 days in a row crossing the Atlantic. These are the times when the larger cabin with its own larger deck pay off.  Everyone was playing musical lounge chairs around the pool and on the lower decks and we were able to sit in our own space.  It may not be as sociable, but it works for us.  We had books we wanted to read and a place to read them so what more could we ask.  Oh, that's right ..... food and lots of it only one deck up.

Sea and clouds from our perch at the back of the ship.

Our friends from the Panama Canal cruise, Dick and Peg Hansen from near
Rockford, IL and Gene and Sherry Donna from Davenport, IA.


New friends, Sandy and Kathy Alexander from Balboa Island, CA, who
had the cabin below us and will be traveling with us next year on the
new ship to Barcelona. We remember, Kathy, Martini's Bar at 7pm on
the first night aboard.


Our butler, both this year and last, Sergei.


More time at sea.


On our last night a Coast Guard helicopter hovered right over our cabin and one deck above for at least half an hour with a man dangling on a line below.  The dim light is the helicopter which in the darkness didn't show up on the camera but was clearly visible from our cabin .  The brighter light is on the guy they were trying to put on the deck. They never landed him on the ship (too much wind turbulence-he was swinging around in 30'circles)  and we never heard what it was about.  Such excitement at 10:30 pm for all us old folks.