We are under way for Fort Lauderdale and home. It has been a great trip, but like Dorothy Gale said, “There’s no place like home!” All together now, click your ruby slippers!
The sea is rolling at about three feet right now, making it the choppiest of our cruise. In talking to one of the crew who helped me set up for my talks, I learned that our Captain is very skilled in skirting rough weather (he made two ports in Iceland when other ships had to sail past – that’s where the Grand Princess was before we met it in Fort Lauderdale). Plus we have our sea sick patches behind our ears, so all is well.
Speaking of learning, the Captain announced to us this morning that we were the largest ship ever to dock in Santo Domingo. The sea bottom beneath the keel was so low that the ship’s company had to drain the aft swimming pool to be sure we didn’t drag bottom. As it was there was only two feet of water under us.
We stayed onboard today as the ship anchored off of the cruise line’s private island, Princess Cay, and tendered merry makers ashore. The day was passed with two good meals – table for two only – and several naps. Throw in a couple of sudoku puzzles, some crocheting, a couple of chapters in a Star Trek novel, and some Pencil Pointers, and it added up to a good day.
Bonnie is still yucked, but she thinks the antibiotics are kicking in. If it had to be, glad it was at the end of the cruise, and not the beginning.
Our bags are all packed and delivered to the area where the crew will collect them and carry them off ship for us tomorrow. Then it’s grab the baggage, find the Red Hot Chili Pepper, and point said pepper north. I don’t know if we’ll be in Monday or Tuesday. It all depends on my co-pilot, because if she doesn’t feel like driving, we will most likely be stopping for the night.
TTFN!
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