Yesterday we all got a reminder in printing that we will be crossing the International Date Line as we continue to head east. Therefore, we will experience April 20th twice. That will make up for the day we lost going west on February 26th. We are advised to adjust our devices to the correct day and time. We have no devices except for one computer, which we never changed since we wanted to know the correct time at home. Those people that celebrate a birthday on the 20th, will have a chance to do it twice. One nice lady at breakfast is doing just that with the hope of having two special birthday cakes.
By the way people are trying to walk, it is apparent that the seas have gotten worse. During his talk, Captain Frank hoped that everyone is feeling well as we try to navigate around the ship. The word seasick comes to mind. We still have 1738 nautical miles to go to reach Kodiak and are currently off the coast of Russia, a mere 217 nautical miles from the Kamchatka Peninsula. The sea swells have increased to 14 feet or more, as reported by one of us that went for a walk on the closed decks this morning. The ship is pitching more than usual as well as being hit by waves broadside. The Captain said we could expect the winds to increase to 30 knots and the sea state at 17 feet maximum. Bottom line.....be careful inside the ship as well as outside. Finally the sunset will be at 7:55pm and the sunrise at 4:30am.
And the clocks will go forward one more hour at noon. We knew that, but didn't like it a whole lot. He continued to say that there were three systems around us. A low pressure system was building up in the Bering Sea, another was forming in the Alaskan area, and yet another system was working up the west coast of the USA. All ship traffic has been directed to this channel we are taking and all being monitored.
We had room service for lunch with one shared club sandwich with some chips and coleslaw on the side. When our order arrived, we asked Agus if room service was busy, and he said yes....most everyone was in their rooms due to the increased motion. It seemed to increase as the day advanced.
There were not many people in the dining room at the late seating. Starters for us were one bowl of chicken noodle soup and a beef papaya salad and one shrimp taco. Mains were sweet and sour pork and sauerbraten, a typical German meal with spaetzle . Desserts were one lemon tart and a scoop of fudge tracks ice cream. Except it wasn't fudge tracks, but coffee fudge. Oh well, I like that just as well.
There was another printed notice about a show change in the World Stage. The singers and dancers would not perform, but Vivace would take their place. So there would be no entertainment in the Explorers Lounge this evening. And thank you for your flexibility.
One of the most unexpected things happened while captioning pictures last night. We got a Norton alert, which we get all of the time, but this was followed by a notice that the files were corrupted and the computer was shutting down. There was no stopping it, and I just watched the page fade away to la-la land. Now what? It was getting late and Bill was unable to resolve it, so we decided to wait until morning to try to fix it with the advice of our son. Hope we are able to continue with the blog and also hope we did not lose everything forever. As it turned out, stranger things with the blog were yet to come.....
Bill & Mary Ann
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