Sunset 2

 

Sunset in the North Pacific

 

Here's Bonnie

 Well, it is Sunday morning. Good morning Crawfordville and New Life, Macedonia and everybody else!

Hope you all have a great day. We are well and having a good time. If there is a bad thing it is the COLD!! You know I like the cold but there is just a little too much of it in our room. Good for sleeping but not much else.

We are up early this morning to go to the Brunch. We try to have a good breakfast every morning, a small snack for lunch and then a good supper. Tonight is the Captains party before supper and elegant night dress and lobster etc for dinner. 

Today his talk is at 11 am. We are in the Mad Hatter we think. It is the 2nd Ghent altarpiece talk. This half is about how it was stolen in WWII and recovered by the Monument's Men.

Tomorrow we will finally be in port and on land. We will be in Costa Rica and we are going to take a tour. I forgot to bring sunscreen so we had to buy some at the exorbient price of $25. And I will finally get to wear the new hat I bought for this cruise. It will be fun. Maybe we will buy some souveniors. 

He has a few days off after his next talk on Spice. We will be going through the Panama  Canal. That is always fun!!

We still have 8 days. I am enjoying the days but we really don't do much. There isn't a lot of activities we want to do. So we read, play cards, do puzzles and of course take naps. Oh, by the way the card game score is 4 to 1, my favor. Maybe I should go to the Casino, NAH!

Well, time for breakfast. Love you all. Have a great day!

Love Mom, Granny and Bonnie

P.S. This is the one with one win. I have no excuse. I am keeping score.

P.P.S. After my talk I will see if I remember how to post pictures and share some incredible sunsets (Does anyone remember the Gold Book of Grandpa McBunny Bunny's adventures?).

TTFN

NO BLOG FOR YOU

 October 2, 2026

Sorry there was no blog last night.  I was tired from talking and Bonnie was tired from listening, so we went to bed.  Well, that's partly true.  I was tired.

All of you Trekkers out there.  You remember the scene in "The Wrath of Khan" where Chekov and Captain Terrell beam down to Ceti Alpha 6, thinking they are on Ceti Alpha 5 and you can hear the wind howling.  Or "The Undiscovered Country" where Kirk, McCoy and the Changeling are escaping across the snow-covered wastes of Rura Penti?  Welcome to Carnival Miracle Cabin 1181!  About a day and a half after we left Seattle we began to wonder what was that sound we were hearing.  The wind is howling through our cabin.  You can't feel it, but you can hear it.

Or if you are not into Star Trek, how about John 3:8 -- "The wind blows wherever it wants ... you can hear the sound of the wind but can't tell where it comes from or where it is going ..."

Today's talk was Social Media: Blogging.  I have to do one talk on Social Media, which I eschew except for receiving the occasional cruise assignment from Starboard Speakers, of as a second place to post the audio of some of my selected sermons.  If I continue to sail for Carnival I am going to ask Seeker, my AI research friend to help me create a new one, but anyway, today I was showing a blog that I started really as a sample, designed in black and yellow/gold.  I commented that I chose those for my Pirates and Steelers, but after last night's debacle in Cleveland, I was glad I didn't use that one.  A lady from the audience responded, "That was a great game!"  I said, "You're from Cleveland."  She said, "Yep."  I commented about my friend Tom Compton sending me a smiling face when Cleveland wins, and a "sigh" when they don't.  Today I sighed.

Well, now.  Here's Bonnie!

You know for a " famouse renown" writer he should be able to write more, haha!  Well, we set our clocks forward one hour last night, so we are only two hours behind now. So my phone which is on Seattle time is still three hours behind and my watch which I changed is only two hours behind. I will really be confused it I look at the time  during the night.

Well, we went to the Lido, deck 9, for breakfast. Very unsatisfying. Everything is basically luke warm or cold. So tomorrow we will go to the dining room. They may not know who I am but the food is hot. Last night when we went to supper the waiter and the head lady came over and had to ask my name because I am still not in their computer system and don't exist! I have been to guest services twice trying to get this fixed, but it is still wrong.

Today after his talk we played and finished one card game and I won. I am now ahead 2 to 1. He is currently leading the fourth game. We will probably finish it before supper. We are going up and play while we wait for the dining room to open. We just walk in when they open the doors and don't check in so i don't get harassed because they don't have me in their system.

 Today at lunch on the Lido when we went up to get an ice cream cone, while we ate I watched a group of 5 birds flying around diving into the water to get a fish and occasionally landed for a rest on the water.

I have got some more crocheting done. I hope to get at least one project finished and the second one started. I am currently reading two books, one on my phone and a paperback. I started to read a third one the kindle but it got too confusing trying to remember the story lines.

Jason, the entertainment director, gives us 2 large bottles of water everyday. We now have 5 bottles left. We are drinking but just not fast enough. It is very nice of him, they cost $4.50 each to buy. So far I have only had one coke. 

The things to do on this ship are very limited. There is lots of trivia, dance classes and silly games.  We have only been to two evening shows. We have been tired or he has had a talk the next day or it wasn't anything we were interested in seeing.

People are busy hiding ducks. I have found one so far. Some ships have forbidden this but evidently not the Miracle.

They put out a puzzle sheet every morning up by the coffee bar. It has a crossword puzzle, a sudoku and a maze. I usually get one and do the crossword while waiting for his talk. His talk tomorrow isn't until 4.

Today it is funny he thought his talk was in the Mad Hatter and he went there. The tech came and found him and brought him to the theater. Tomorrow we will back in the Mad Hatter.

Well, almost time to go and play some cards. Last night was elegant night and we dressed up but tonight is just cruise casual. So I just want to change my sweater. 

Nothing exciting happening here.  We have managed to miss the hurricane but right now we are experiencing  some rough seas. Walk carefully. By the way everytime we go to eat we walk 230 steps to get to an elevator!

Well, have a great night where ever you are. Love you.

Mom, Granny and Bonnie

Detour

 September 30, 2026

Well, no Cabo San Lucas tomorrow. It is a tender port and the storm in the area has caused the officials there to close the port.  So we are detouring around the storm and heading for Costa Rica.  Bonnie and I weren't getting off the ship anyway.

After I finished my 10:30 talk today, Jason, the entertainment director, came to me and said since we were missing a scheduled stop he moved one of my two scheduled Sunday talks to tomorrow.  Today I did the celestial navigation talk, "Are We There Yet?" and the one tomorrow will be part 2 of the c.n., "John Harrison: the Man who gave us longitude.  Much better layout.

My technician today was Andrei from -- are you ready -- Russia.  We gavarooed a bit, he found the street in Samara where mom and I rented a flat.  Really neat.  Then after the talk there was a lady selling tickets for bingo and her accent was -- are you ready -- Russian.  Her name is Anastasia, and I pronounced it the Russian way which made her happy (Anna Stas E Uh not Anna Stayzyuh).  I guess you needed to be there.

Well I need to start rehearsal so we'll see yinz tomorrow.  Mom is sitting in bed, reading, and drinking a coke and using it to was down a Hershey chocolate bar.

TTFN

Love, David/Dad/Pappy

The Real 9/29

 September 29, 2026

Well, we started at 6:30 am with showers. On then to breakfast on Deck 3. He went back to the  room to study while I went up to the LIDO to get my cup filled with ice and water for the day. Then off to Deck 2 to sit and wait for his first talk today on Photography. I sit in front of the "Starbucks" coffee place. It is crazy busy with people order their lattee, etc at the cost of $7 or more. A cup of just plain coffee is $3. You can get a cup of coffee on the lido deck for free. I bought 2 cans of coke tonight and that was $9. Won't buy too many of those. Jason brought us 2 large boys of cold water for our room. Very nice because they cost $4.50 each.

After his talk we went back to the room so he could get ready for his second talk on Potatoes at 2:30. Today was a busy day. After this talk it was back to the room till it was time for our 5:15 supper.

I did get some crocheting done. And they finally got the temperature adjusted in our room so we are not freezing.

Tomorrow at 10:30 he has his first talk in the theater. Much bigger venue. He only has one talk so we will have some time to go to the shops, relax and play some cards. 

Tonight's supper was not satisfactory. My tomato soup and salad were good. However, my entree was not. I got what was described as "chicken in a creamy mushroom gravy with noodles and seasoned vegetables". Instead of nice pieces of chicken I had two small pieces of chicken with the bone in under the gravy. It took me forever to separate the small amount of chicken from the bones in order to eat it. I wound up having to remove little pieces of bone from my mouth which I couldn't see. It was not an appetizing meal. Dessert was pina colada cheesecake, sugar free. It was good.

Well, he has finished his practicing and will do his part now. We are getting up 6:30 tomorrow to be at breakfast by 8.

Miss you all. Haven't had anytime to get out on deck yet. Maybe tomorrow.

Love you all. Mom, Granny and Bonnie

September 29

 Hey everybody ! Welcome to the crazy farm.

We just rushed in from supper and he said BLOG! So here I am. Today up at 7 (went to bed at 8 pm) I was exhausted last night. We had gone to the show after supper and yesterday was his first talk. It was just a long day.

Today was slower, he had the day off. Tomorrow he has 2 talks, one at 10:30 and one at 2:30. It will be crazy .

Today we were talking about getting off the ship on the 12th and look at getting a shuttle to the airport. Can't be done our flight is too early. So he has spent all afternoon changing the plane flights so we can buy a ship's shuttle ticket.

Our cabin is on Deck 1. Kind of in the middle of the ship. If you turn right out our door we walk about 2/3 the length of the ship to take an elevator up to food. If you turn left out the door you walk about 1/3 the length of the ship to get to the Mad Hadder lounge where  10 talks are and the other 2 are in the theater two decks up.

As he has said our room is icy!! Even cold to me. Nice to sleep in but not sit or work. This is an older ship so things don't all work as well as they could.

We have had a breakfast brunch in the dining room twice. It is nice and I can get a cup of hot chocolate. Then, we don't eat again to supper because brunch is late. Today we did go up to the Lido deck and have a bowl of soup and an ice cream cone. The meals in the dining room have been good. Our wait staff (I Gusti, Dodi, Antari, and Alfi) are very nice and work very hard. They have many tables!!

I have done a little crocheting and some reading. People are hiding ducks and I found one tonight in the dining room. Yes, and I scooped it up. I shall be on the look out for more. There is not much to explore on the ship. Only 2 or 3 shops. Halls and spaces are very narrow. Not much opportunity to sit outside on deck 2 or 3 and there are no chairs outside. Haven't looked around on Deck 9 the Lido deck where pools and etc are located. Want to go back to the one shop that has souveniors and clothes. He bought a new shirt to wear because he forgot his sweater vest to wear for his talks. I found a t-shirt on clearance for just a little more than $4.

Well, he has studying to do and I won't be long out of bed. I am very tired again tonight.

OH, we did play one game  of cards and he beat me bad.

Love to all!! Mom, Granny and Bonnie