Tai Chi in the morning, with a practice session in the afternoon. Most of the day just hanging.
Happy Birthday Kalyn!! Our baby turned 25. WOW!
Every once in a while, I stop to realize how amazing this whole thing is. When I was young, I never dreamed I’d have cruised so much, much less around the world, much less on another world cruise. Then there is the ship. It sustains up to 1380 guests and 615 staff and crew for days at a time. I think the captain told me two years ago that they can go up to two weeks without resupply. The ship generates its own electricity, purifies water, and treats sewage. There are 12 public elevators and who knows how many lights in its thousands of feet of corridors and in its public rooms and private cabins. Today is the last of four days at sea. We are surrounded by Pacific Ocean; I haven’t spotted another ship in three days. After Rapa Nui/Easter Island tomorrow, we will have five days at sea. I doubt we’ll take on much in the way of supplies tomorrow. (As it turns out, the florists received an order of flowers, which we should be seeing over the next few days.)
The cruise director, Bruce, who also has a birthday today, has a morning “talk show” on sea days. Today he asked the audience how many like sea days better than port days and got an almost even response. I admit, I’m torn too.
Entertainment: Ken and Casey: a Man and His Duck. Turns out he have a very funny ventriloquism act. Followed by a few tunes from Diane.
So far, we have had great sailing weather: slightly cloudy skies, relatively calm, amazingly deep-blue seas, with a following wind pushing us along and giving us a slight pitch.