October 21, 2018
Well, we stayed up to see the volcano which the naturalist on board said stopped erupting a couple of weeks ago. Mom and I stood on the starboard side enjoying the evening breezes waiting to see what could be seen. About 9:45 the cruise director came on and told everyone to look off the port side, so we moved over. The naturalist said to look up the side of the island where there were two lights down near the shoreline (2042). There was some light and some smoke and that’s all that’s left of Kilouea (or however you speel it). Maybe it will go kablooey some other time – but the folks whose houses were spared hope it does not.
The waves in the area of Kona this morning were hitting the shore about 5 feet high and were predicted to get higher as the day wore on so the Captain chose safety over shore adventure (good choice, Cap) and we have been sailing around the big island of Hawaii since about 10 a.m. this morning to be along side at Hilo at 7 o’clock tomorrow morning.
I called the Entertainment Director when the change of plans were announced and told him to use me to fill in spots on the schedule if he needed me. I did two of the extra talks I brought along, and he was grateful. Keep the powers that be happy and keep sailing. I have two talks scheduled during the 4 days coming home.
Tomorrow is the last chance for Kona coffee. It grows on the mountains here, but there should be some in Hilo. There was some on Maui. We will go ashore after breakfast and check things out, do some wandering, maybe some shopping and see if there are any public beaches close (we could see several from our anchorage today). If there be, we will return to the ship, put on some swimming duds and venture into the waters of the Pacific Ocean. Then it’s 4 days at sea back to Encando Mexico (or however you speel it) for a quick 4 hour visit, then the port of Long Beach and LAX and ATL and AGS. It’s home for November before we fly to Rome in December for a transatlantic back to Fort Lauderdale just in time for Christmas.
Okeydokey, closing down here for the night.
TTFN
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