Sunday March 16, 2014 - Sea Day

Hello from the pacific Pacific!  What a smooth ride we are having and you can barely tell the ship is moving.  We had small bit of rock and roll at dinner last night and from then on…..like sailing on a mirror!  We did have fog last night and you could hear the ship’s foghorn sounding through the night.  It wasn’t loud enough to wake you but if you were awake it was a very comforting sound.

The Commodore and I ate in the Crown Grill last night to avoid the dining room cluster duck that takes place on the first night!  We had a lovely dinner and thought about how Mason was so conked out in that room last July!  His Dramamine kicked in and he spent dinner in the “land of Nod”!!

We made our usual small donation in the casino and then it was time to call it a day.

This morning we went up for a quick breakfast before the Commodore headed to the gym.  I met up with Jim and Walt and we chatted over coffee.  Joe showed up a little later and Molly, Lauren and Barbara went to their knitting group.  I headed off to conquer trivia…..Ha!  Before I could even think of a good excuse four Russians sat down and I was stuck!  The Commodore showed up, thank goodness, and we managed to get a 17/22 score…..not bad for the two of us!!  The others just took up space!  I found a new group this afternoon and we took third place!

We got stuck on:  What year were Disney studios founded?

                           What Australian won the Pulitzer in 1973?

It was such a spectacular day that we spent a lot of time walking around the deck.  Lots of people out there doing the same thing so it was like Chinese Checkers….we were the Checkers!  Yes, we have quite a few Asian travelers aboard and they never think of walking “single file”!  Something to ponder!

I have news for all of you!  SCOOTER SUE is onboard!!!  In all her glory!  For those of you who don’t know about SUE she was on our cruise to Alaska last summer and is quite the militant scooter user!  Drives it like she’s Mario Andrete and then hops off and with great agility chooses a prime seat for Trivia!! 

I decided before we boarded yesterday that I was not going to use the elevators at all this trip.  I had to when we boarded because I had a suitcase but haven’t been in one since! My left knee is not thrilled about this but…too bad!  Did you know (glad you asked!!!) that from the main floor on deck 7 to our deck 11 it’s 70 steps!!  I know you are all gobsmacked!

Tomorrow we are in San Diego and we have a date with Trevor for lunch.  He’ll meet us about 11 and we told him to find a place and we’d buy!  Can’t wait to see him!

I know you are waiting for the “…and you thought you’d seen everything department”!  At lunch today we saw some poor guy who was obviously really lost wandering through the dining room in his bathing suit…..no shoes no shirt no clue! 

Went to the show after dinner this evening and were really entertained by the singers and dancers.  Either we’re getting old or the talent is getting a lot better!  Don’t answer that!

XOXOXO

M