Look out Coral!

October 29, 2013

This will be the last blog entry until we dock in Baltimore on Friday.  I am going off ship in a few minutes, purchase a cup of Bermudian coffee and secure 30 minutes of free internet time.  My onboard package is almost gone, and I won’t renew it (at 75 cents a minute), so after today, tune in Friday to catch up before we sail out again.

As Ray Charles sang, or could have sang if he were here instead of there, “When it’s a rainy night in Bermuda, it’s raining all over the world.” Actually, it was a rainy morning, and instead of going to St. George’s to catch some sights we missed in September, we went to Hamilton to the National Aquarium, wanting to stay in out of the rain as much as possible.  Funny thing – the roof of the aquarium leaks.  They had buckets out all over the place.

As luck would have it, her luck at least, we weren’t off the ship 100 yards, and Bonnie’s umbrella turned inside out, making it an interesting walk.  At least it covered her head and shoulders, although not fashionably so, but when it’s raining, dry is a bigger concern.  Yes, I know, we could have stayed on the ship, but why?  What’s a few raindrops among friends.  And it even allowed me the chance to break into song, offering an old standard from “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” – “Rain drops keep falling on my head, and just like a guy whose feet are too big for his bed ... dooby dooby do.”

To the person who just said, “Why didn’t he give her his umbrella?” you don’t know my bride very well, do you?  “I’m fine!

After the aquarium, we ate lunch in Hamilton.  And I bought three bottles of full-strength Mountain
Dew.  I don’t think they release Mello Yello outside of Augusta!   Bonnie got a bag of salt and vinegar potato chips, and I made the mistake of sampling the proffered chip.  They should be labeled vinegar and salt, or maybe vinegar and vinegar.  Nasty!

Well, I’m off to post this, then dress for formal night as we sail for Baltimore.  Hopefully I can get the pictures to post properly.  If you click on them, they do enlarge.

More on Friday.

TTFN!