Report # 126 Day at Sea Friday - April 22, 2022 Partly cloudy & 72 degrees

It sure was a laid back day with slightly cooler temperatures as we cross the Sea of Cortez.  During his noontime talk, the Captain said to keep a watch out for whales and other sea creatures.  He might be referring to the giant squid or whale sharks that live in these waters, but chances of seeing either of them is slim.  Regardless, we did give it a try during the afternoon hours to no avail.

Most of our day was used catching up with yesterday's report and photos.  After the long hike, one of us was not up to writing after dinner, and only squeezed out one sentence.  It could wait for today.  Now that we are heading west, the sun never did hit our veranda.  Surprising how that keeps the temperature down.  At one point, we had to wear sweatshirts.

Since the gala menu wasn't enticing, we made reservations in the Pinnacle Grill tonight.  Most times, doing this last minute, doesn't work.  But with less than 900 people onboard, there were plenty of openings especially at 8pm. 

We went to lunch in the Lido, starting with salads.  One of us went outside to order a pizza, then by the time we finished the salads, the pizza would be ready.  Waiting for the buzzer to go off (never did), our pizza arrived, delivered personally by the pizza chef.  She remembered us from the N. Statendam, and just wanted to say hi to both of us.  What service, right?  It seems that 2:30pm is the best time to go for lunch, since the crowd is gone.

Watching a movie kept us busy until dinner time, where we went to the Pinnacle Grill of course.  Ordering the same items we always do, it all came on time and was very good.   We shared a baked Alaska.

On the way back, we checked out the shops to see what we can buy to use up some more shipboard credit.  It's a hard job, but somebody has to do it.

With this being the final gala evening, we had two Delft tiles for the Eurodam and N. Amsterdam ships, pillow chocolates, and for the first time……a towel animal (sea lion).  Come to think about it, we never were given the choice of nightly towel creatures every day.  We would have said no thanks anyway. 

Tomorrow's port will be a new one for us……Pichilingue, Mexico for the port of La Paz.  Should be fun.

Bill & Mary Ann

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