October 11, 2014

Strange things afloat today me hearties.  Actually Captain James told us this morning that a tropical storm is brewing south of us, and the winds that are blowing in our direction caused us to be late to dock in Bermuda this morning.  Because of that and a slower required approach speed, all aboard is 2:30 and its anchors aweigh at 3:00.

The Captain said we will be sailing west and then south to go around Tropical Storm Fay.  The storm is going north and east, so we will, in effect, be circling behind her.  Once we get past the storm, we will head south and east to St. Martin.  We are supposed to dock there at 1 p.m. on Monday, but detour may make us late.  Time will tell.  But what is time to a hog.

If he hadn’t made the announcement you would still know that rough seas are ahead.  Barf bags are hung in all the stair ways.  But he said we should be beyond the areas of roughest waves by midnight.  So batten down the hatches.

Bonnie and I stayed in the Dockyard area today.  We went to play Fun Golf this morning – a very interesting miniature golf course.  The first six holes are patterned after Bermuda golf courses, the 2nd 6 after American golf courses (#12 is the 12th at Augusta National – we both shot par 3s) and the 3rd 6 are courses from Scotland including a hole from Muirfield and one from the Old Course.  I won.  Bonnie beat me on the Scots section, but I built up a lead on the American courses and we were pretty even on the Bermuda side.  Bragging rights to your humble scribe.

The pictures below are of the 12th and of me addressing the ball.

Tomorrow I will lead the worship service in the Palace Theater at 9 a.m. and then we will be back in the Theater at 2 p.m. for my talk on St. Maartins.

Still just the two of us at Table 464 last night, but our waiter, Anthony said he was going to talk to the headwaiter and see if he could head some scattered souls to our table for a more enjoyable dining experience.

At breakfast this morning – seating is much better at breakfast and lunch because they fill up a table and then start seating guests at another table – there was a family of four from Germany who missed my talk and asked me questions about how to get around.  I was glad to assist them.  And the other couple at the table had been to the talk yesterday – which is how the Germans knew they had missed it – and said they were going to strike out for St. George’s as per my recommendations.  The lady who was going to St. George’s had Eggs Benedict with Hollandaise Sauce.  Bonnie wouldn’t let me tell the hub cap joke.  How rude!  Maybe I’ll get EB with HS tomorrow and sing the song anyway.

Well, it’s almost sail away time, so we’re going to watch and then I’ll post this.

TTFN!