December 16, 2016
But we’re not sure at what time. The seas are quite rough, as the Captain said they would be once he turned directly towards Bermuda. We are pitching about 15 feet on the ocean swells. It’s not too bad because the ship is sailing directly into them and we are getting no side to side roll. Because of that, we have had to reduce speed, and our 9 a.m. arrival in Bermuda may be a tad bit late. We have to sail by 4 p.m., because where we will dock, the berthing is controlled by daylight hours. Folks who are going to take ship’s excursions may have them compressed slightly, but at least they know the Pacific Princess will be waiting for them at the time of all aboard. Your favorite cruisers are staying in Hamilton. There is a lot to see and we are going to stroll around, enjoy the day, have lunch, and buy a few more Mountain Dew. I just opened my last can to salute the writing of this blog. Sallllllllll-ute!
It was interesting at supper tonight. Bonnie and I arrived at Table 33 first, as is our habit, and she sat with her back towards the window, but she was constantly turning around to watch the waves and the motion of the ship. Kathleen was sitting two chairs up from Bonnie’s left where it was almost impossible for her not to watch the sea, and she was not enjoying it. Bonnie offered to trade and Kathleen immediately accepted. Both ladies enjoyed their evenings much more with the new seating arrangements. “What’s a nice girl like you doing in a chair like this?”
As part of my “Barbary Pirates” talk today I played a clip from one of my all-time favorite movies, “The Sands of Iwo Jima,” starring John Wayne. The Duke, as Sgt. Stryker, gets shot in the back by a Jap sniper, and as the men are gathered around their dead platoon leader the Marines raise the American flag over Mount Soribatchi. It is interesting to observe the crowd when I give that talk, because the former Marines in the audience always stand while the film plays the Marine Hymn. Semper Fi!
Totally uninteresting supper tonight. I hate to complain, but Linguini Alfredo for the third night on this cruise is failing in the culinary delights department. I enjoy L.A., but they really can do better. Bonnie had some kind of pasta – she said it was penne, the menu said it wasn’t – but it had a marinara sauce, the first of the cruise. So one of us really enjoyed the meal. She had sugar free cheese cake which she said did not taste like cheese cake, and I had a vanilla Sundae with caramel sauce which tasted exactly like a vanilla Sundae with caramel sauce. So one of us really enjoyed dessert.
So, how about “Rogue One”? We received three reviews. Two first hand and one second hand. Mike said, “Fantastic movie!” Matt said, “Wow!” And Luke said, as reported by his mamma, “I have found a new favorite movie!” No spoilers, please! We’ll see it as soon as we get back to Augusta.
As I mentioned above, the seas are really rough tonight, but we decide roll down to the theater for the evening’s entertainment, the ventriloquist’s second show. No sooner had we gotten seated than we came into the strongest wave of the evening. I looked at my cruise buddy and said, “I’m not sitting here for this.” The front is where the swells react the most, and we came back to our room where I am blogging and she is bowling on her Kindle. Cards in a few minutes. She is leading game 7.
Well, that’s it for now. Hopefully some good reportage tomorrow from Hamilton, Bermuda.
Until then,
TTFN
Well, today started at 5 am. Had been up 3 times in the night to pee and then at 5 couldn’t go back to sleep. So I sat on the couch wrapped in 2 blankets and played scrabble. Oh well. He got up at 6 and we got ready and headed to breakfast at 7. Had some cheese and a fourth of a piece of French toast. Some hot chocolate to finish my breakfast. Still having trouble eating.
After breakfast I bundled up and went out to walk around deck 9 which is the pool deck. As the ship went up and down, I walked in amongst the deck chairs and dodging the guys washing windows and squeegeing the water off the deck. It was amusing as fast as they moved the water off he deck, the water in the pool would slosh out onto the deck. Finally after about 2 hours of the in and out they came and lowered the pool. Funny. After my 13 laps I went to the room to pick up my crocheting and headed back to deck nine to sit outside. It was not really cold and I enjoy the sea air better than stuffy inside. I worked till 11:30 then went back to the cabin. I was tired so I laid down and fell asleep. He left me asleep and went to his talk. I enjoyed the nap.
Went up to lunch which consisted of a piece of pizza and a chicken fajita ( I just ate the vegetables not the chicken). He had a naked hamburger in a bun. We returned to the cabin where he napped and I played games.
He got up at about 4 and we got ready for supper and went to the coffee bar and played some cards. Supper followed shortly afterwards. The seas were magnificent. There were at least 15 foot swells. We sit in the back window of the dining room at the very back of the ship. It was light outside for most of supper and the waves were absolutely wonderful to watch. I had a Italian pasta with a very heavy garlic tomato sauce. The sauce was excellent. I ate all the sauce and a little of the pasta. I used a spoon to get the sauce. I also had a blackberry smoothie, oh my word there must have been a thousand seeds! Tasty but the seeds!!
After walking all the way to the lounge he says no way and we walk all the way back. We did take the elevator up. It was way to rocky to try the stairs. Looking forward to Bermuda, I am almost out of yarn and I am going to look for yarn. Fat chance of finding any.
By the way Jennifer and Ivy you are invited over on the 23 to help bake cookies and make fudge if you would like to come. That is my day to make cookies for Christmas. Also, if anyone wants donuts for Christmas, I need you to TEXT me on the 20th or 21 st and tell me your order. I will deliver them on the 24th. We will be getting off the ship on the 20th and driving home.
Well, that is all for now.
Love Mom
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