Day was a lovely day at sea, the first of three on our way back to San Diego. The temperature has already dropped somewhat from yesterday and was 84 degrees. The humidity was 66% with 14.3 mph winds. We have read that Hurricane Simon is still hovering off the coast of Baja near Manzanillo. We have been fortunate to have escaped the rain and wind from that storm, and extra lucky not to have experienced deep ocean swells from that system.
After breakfast, one of us went on a shopping spree which is necessary to use up some credit. We even had a printed reminder to do that before this 7-day cruise ends. Normally we get a phone call reminder, but this is better to have it in writing. Not wanting to deal with the high-end jewelry shop, I concentrated more on the clothes, purses, and Swarovski jewelry and had some success. Tomorrow, there will be another sweep for more things. Use it or lose it. Not about to lose it.
Captain Thomas came on with his noon update....right on schedule. We had traveled 247 nautical miles from La Paz and had another 748 nautical miles to reach San Diego. He is keeping the speed at 12 knots or less to keep the sailing smooth as possible. There is a 7-foot swell making the ship roll in slow motion. At one point we were 25 nautical miles from Cabo, then turned north passing the lower end of the Baja Peninsula. This is an area of a cactus forest with little rain. And tons of sandy beaches for those who like the camping lifestyle.
Sunset will be 6:03pm with sunrise at 6:14am. He expected a high of 84 degrees and light winds of 18 knots. He continued saying thanks for your understanding for missing the port of Mazatlan and then he offered free drinks in any bar for 1 full hour from 4 - 5 pm. Quite generous we thought. Knowing the bars would be a zoo, we passed on the offer. Staying in our room, we caught sight of hundreds of birds drifting across the bow and even some dolphins before dinner time.
Today happened to be Canadian Thanksgiving with the same traditional turkey dinner offered in the dining room or Lido. In addition to that, there was a Seafood Boil in the Lido Market for $35 we think. We each had salads and the turkey dinner which was not as good as it usually is. Most times we believe the turkey meat is from turkey rolls, but tonight's servings looked like the whole bird was sliced up. Our reason we think this is that there were some shaved bones in the servings. And the meat seemed to be cut hours ago, drying up somewhat. Their trick is to drown it with excellent gravy. As long as we had doubles on the cranberry sauce, we were fine. And there was pumpkin pie which saved the whole dinner. No sharing this time as the slices were small. By the way we are happy with smaller servings. If we really like something, we can order more.
Tonight's show in the World Stage was an evening of comedy with Doug Funk. Coming from Vancouver, he is an award-winning comedian. And there is always Vivace Strings, Marcel at the piano, or Shelly on guitar. And since our room is located in the center of deck six, we do not have to pass through the casino after dinner. We have no idea how crowded it has been in there.
One day gone and two more sea days to go, but who's counting?
Bill & Mary Ann