DAY 20 - AT SEA - THE FIRST OF MANY - FEBRUARY 15, 2010
THE CAPTAIN NORMALLY MAKES HIS DAILY ANNOUNCEMENT AT NOON EVERYDAY. TODAY WAS AN EXCEPTION. ABOUT 9:00 THE FAMILIAR BING BONG COULD BE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE SHIP. “THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING, FROM THE BRIDGE.” HE INFORMED US THE BAD WEATHER WAS DUE TO SEVERAL LOW PRESSURE AREA, 600 MILES TO THE NORTH, IN THE GULF OF ALASKA. HE HAD DECIDED TO HEAD IN A MORE SOUTHERLY DIRECTION TO AVOID THE POOR SEA CONDITIONS. THE NORMAL ROUTE WOULD TAKE US IN A SOUTHWEST APPROACH TO HAWAII.
KNOWING THAT THE CAPTAIN HAD EVERYTHING IN CONTROL, WE ATE BREAKFAST, WENT TO THE LIBRARY AND EVENTUALLY TOOK A NAP. WE DID MANAGE TO MAKE IT TO THE DINING ROOM THIS EVENING, WHERE UPON, OUR WAITER REINTRODUCED HIMSELF. WE ALL HAD A GOOD LAUGH.
NOTHING SPECIAL IN THE WAY OF ENTERTAINMENT. A SINGER WHO LOST ME TOTALLY WHEN SHE CHANGED INTO HER TINA TURNER OUTFIT AND BEGAN CHURNING OUT HER FAVORITE SONGS. SHE IS SCHEDULED AGAIN LATER THIS WEEK BUT WE HAVE ALREADY MADE UP OUR MINDS TO SKIP IT.
DAY 21 - AT SEA - HAWAII IS JUST A LITTLE CLOSER - FEBRUARY 16, 2010
ANOTHER TOUGH DAY AT SEA. BETTER THAN YESTERDAY, BUT NOTHING TO WRITE HOME ABOUT...BUT THEN AGAIN, ISN’T THAT WHAT I’M REALLY DOING.
GEORGIA BEGAN THE BOOK; PERHAPS MY NAGGING HAS PAID OFF.
WE WERE ALL AT DINNER TONIGHT AND IT SEEMED TO BE UNANIMOUS THE SINGER LAST NIGHT IS NOT WORTH SEEING WHEN SHE PERFORMS LATER THIS WEEK.
INTERNET SERVICE WAS OUT AGAIN...SO WHAT’S NEW. WE PICKUP ANOTHER HOUR TONIGHT.
DAY 22 - AT SEA - FEBRUARY 17, 2010
IT IS EXTREMELY ROUGH SAILING AGAIN TODAY. THE CAPTAIN, WHEN MAKING HIS DAILY NOONTIME ANNOUNCEMENT, MENTIONED THE SWELLS WERE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 FEET. I WONDER HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE MISSING FROM DINNER TONIGHT.
WE HAD ANOTHER COMEDIAN TONIGHT, NAMED STEVE BRUNER, HE WAS SO-SO. AFTER THE SHOW WE WENT TO THE CASINO LOUNGE AND PLAYED A SILLY GAME CALLED “MAJORITY RULES.” UNLIKE THE LAST TIME WE PLAYED, WE DIDN’T WIN. WE ALL HAD FUN AND IT GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET OTHER PEOPLE.
ONE OF THE COUPLES IN OUR GROUP ASK US HOW MANY WORLD CRUISES WE HAD BEEN ON. WE MUST LOOK AWFULLY RICH. I FEEL QUITE CERTAIN WE ARE THE POOREST OF THE LOT AT OUR DINNER TABLE...BY A LONG SHOT.
DAY 23 - AT SEA - FEBRUARY 18, 2010
THIS IS PROBABLY THE ROUGHEST OF ALL THE DAYS AT SEA. SWELLS UP TO 18 FEET. AT TIMES I FEEL LIKE A PIN BALL BOUNCING OF THE SIDE RAILS AS I NEGOTIATE THE HALLWAYS AND STAIRS. HOPEFULLY, IT GETS BETTER AS WE APPROACH HONOLULU.
YOU ASK HOW BAD IS IT, BILL? THEY CLOSED THE SPA AND EXERCISE ROOMS EARLY IN THE DAY. NOT ONLY WAS IT TO ROUGH BUT THE STAFF MEMBERS WERE GETTING SEA SICK. HOW BOUT THAT SPORTS FANS?
GREAT ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT. JACQUELINE ROACHE, A VIOLINIST, WAS SUPERB. I SAW HER ARRIVE AT THE PIER ON SUNDAY WITH AN OLDER COUPLE. SHE LOOKED QUITE DISTRESSED, EVEN TO THE POINT OF CRYING. I THOUGHT SHE WAS SOME YOUNG KID BEING SENT OFF TO JAIL.
HOWEVER, AS WE FOUND OUT TONIGHT, HER LUGGAGE DIDN’T ARRIVE ON HER FLIGHT AND IT CONTAINED ALL HER MUSIC AND OUTFITS. THE SHIP HAD TO REARRANGE THE EVENING SCHEDULE FOR SEVERAL SHOWS UNTIL ALL THE MUSIC COULD BE FAXED AND COPIED. CONSEQUENTLY WE WILL ONLY GET TO HEAR HER ONCE. SHE IS GETTING OFF IN HONOLULU.
WE HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH 4 TIME ZONES AND WILL ADD A 5TH ONE TOMORROW NIGHT.
ONE LAST THOUGHT. GEORGIA AND I HAVE DECIDED ROUGH SEAS STILL BEAT SHOVELING SNOW.
DAY 24, AT SEA - FEBRUARY 19, 2010
I HATE TO SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD BUT THE SEAS WERE VERY CHOPPY AGAIN TODAY. (I THINK IT MAKES YOU SLEEPY.) GEORGIA AND I SUBMITTED 2 OF OUR COPPER CANYON PICTURES FOR THE PHOTO CONTEST IN THE SECOND SEGMENT. THIS SEGMENT THE CATEGORIES ARE PEOPLE, FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.
LUNCH TIME IN THE BUFFET EVERYDAY IS SET TO A DIFFERENT THEME. YESTERDAY WAS CHINESE AND TODAY IT WAS MEXICAN. ALTHOUGH WE DIDN’T EAT, THREE CHEERS FOR THAT, WE DID CAPTURE SOME PICTURES OF THE DISPLAYS. THEY DID A NICE JOB.
THIS EVENING ENTERTAINMENT WAS SPLIT BETWEEN THE COMEDIAN AND THE “TINA TURNER” LIKE SINGER. WE DID THE COMEDIAN ONLY.
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