DAY 42 - AT SEA - MARCH 10, 2010

TODAY WAS ANOTHER LIGHT DAY OF ACTIVITY. TONIGHT WAS FORMAL NIGHT AND EVERYONE AT OUR TABLE MADE IT. OUR WAITER AND THE HEAD WAITER FOR OUR SECTION GAVES US ALL GREETINGS AND INTRODUCED THEMSELVES AGAIN. WE ALL HAD A GOOD TIME LAUGH AND ATE WELL, AGAIN.

GEORGIA AND I SKIPPED THE SHOW THIS EVENING GOING BACK TO THE ROOM TO CHANGE INTO MORE COMFORTABLE CLOTHES. WE THEM HEADED FOR THE QUIET SIDE OF THE BUFFET, NOT FOR FOOD, AND LOOKED AT SOME OF OUR PICTURES, MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AND ELIMINATIONS AS NEEDED. WE HAVE TAKEN ABOUT 2000 PIX SO FAR. IT’S ROUGH TRYING TO CHOSE WHICH ONES TO TRASH.

WE HIT THE SACK EARLY BUT FIRST HAD TO SET THE CLOCKS BACK AN HOUR AS WE HEAD TO SYDNEY. I THINK WE GAIN ANOTHER HOUR TONIGHT. DURING THE NIGHT THE SEA TURNED BUMMPY AGAIN. I SUPPOSE TOMORROW WE WILL BE PINBALLS BOUNCING OFF THE SIDE RAILS.


DAY 43 - AT SEA - MARCH 11, 2010

EARLY TO RISE TODAY. WE GOT TO BREAKFAST BEFORE HEADING TO AN AT SEA IMMIGRATION INSPECTION FOR AUSTRALIA BEFORE 10:00. BREAKFAST STARTED ON THE BACK DECK BUT QUICKLY MOVED INDOORS WHEN A SUDDEN WINDY 10 MINUTE RAIN STORM POPPED UP OUT OF NOWHERE. THE SEA CONTINUES TO BE ROUGH AND WE DO FEEL LIKE PINBALLS BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS.

WE MANAGED TO GET THROUGH THE IMMIGRATION LINE QUICKLY AND MADE IT TO THE PORT SYDNEY PRESENTATION. WE HAVE TOURS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING, LEAVING THE DAY FREE. WE JUST LEARNED SYDNEY HAS A BOUBLE-DECKER BUS THAT TAKES US THROUGHOUT THE CITY, 27 DIFFERENT STOPS, WITH ON-OFF PRIVILEGES AS OFTEN AS YOU LIKE FOR ONLY ONE FEE. THE ENTIRE TRIP TAKES 2 HOURS AND WE THINK WE MIGHT TRY THAT ON SUNDAY BEFORE THE HARBOR CRUISE.

WE TRIED AGAIN TO WATCH ONE OF THE SERMONS FROM CHURCH ON THE NET BUT THE FEED IS VERY INTERMITTENT AND NOT WORTH THE EFFORT. WE THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS JUST THE S.H.A.G. TAPE BUT CHARLES STANLEY DID THE SAME.


DAY 44 - AT SEA - MARCH 12, 2010

LAZY DAY, DID NOTHING BUT EAT AND GO TO THE MOVIE AT NIGHT. TOMORROW ABOUT 250 PEOPLE GET OFF THE SHIP. WE EXPECT 250 NEW PASSENGERS TO BOARD FOR SEGMENT 3 OF THE CRUISE, SYDNEY TO SINGAPORE.

WE TRIED ONE MORE TIME TO TAP INTO THE S.H.A.G. WEB SITE AND THIS TIME IT WORKED, ALMOST PERFECTLY. WE SAW THE BURNING OF THE MORTGAGE.