MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!

December 17, 2015

Or as Star Trek fans used to say, “May DeForest be with you.”  That’s DeForest Kelley, otherwise known as Dr. McCoy.

Guess what movie is playing tonight in St. Thomas?  Yes, you are right.  In the U.S. Virgin Islands they are showing “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”  I asked the captain if he could delay our departure, but he said not even for me.  Oh well.  Small bit of shipboard humor.

We went ashore for maybe 90 minutes and walked around.  We thought about going to Blackbeard’s Castle, but it was close to a mile away from downtown center, and up the hill 99 steps (actually 103 – I think I’ve told you that before).  So since we’ve already been there and done that, we passed.  Bought a few souvenirs and caught a cab back to the ship.  There was a spot where the crew were hanging out to use the wifi, but you could only secure a connection with a password, and there was limited capacity (so they said) and I chose not to wait in a long line.  Hence, no email today.

Bonnie’s afternoon movie was “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” which she described as excellent.  Tomorrow night is “Jurassic World.”  It will be her fourth viewing.

Tonight I had a shrimp cocktail, a garden salad with ranch dressing, and Orange Roughy accompanied by unknown vegetables.  Orange Roughy is a great fish that is hard to find because of restrictions on its taking.  Evidently this was farm grown in New Zealand.  Thanks, Kiwis!  Bonnie had a double-baked goat cheese souffle, and a salad of mixed greens, both of which she enjoyed.  Her main course was fried chicken which she described as being Banquet Frozen Fried Chicken – the worst main she’s had.  My dessert was Chocolate Lover’s Delight – three different chocolate confections.  My companion had sugar free coconut cake which she described as “tasty.”

A 20 piece orchestra was the main performance for the night.  It was put together from all the musicians in all the venues around the ship.  Tonight was their first performance and it was well done.

My last talk and our last formal night is tomorrow.  We will go tomorrow also to see about our luggage tags for disembarkation Sunday.  Until then ...

TTFN