The first day of sailing was a busy but fun one! We went to a Meet & Greet for the people who have been writing for the last several months on the Cruise Critic rollcall forum for this cruise. It was nice to put faces on names. We will be going on several tours with many of these people. We met ColoradoBob, who happens to live just down the street from us in Colorado! We never saw him in the neighborhood as he and his wife have been traveling around in their motorhome until they boarded the ship. While soaking in a hot tub yesterday afternoon we met a very nice couple from Victoria, Vancouver Island. They had just finished a road trip across the USA and had travelled within 30 miles of where we lived in Montana several times over the years. Today up at the running track on the ship Terry met a guy who has done 17 marathons. Guess what they talked about!! He is going to try to organize a 5K run for during the time that we pass over the equator, about a week from now, I think.
Today is a beautiful day on the sea. The sun is warm and the skies are blue. For lunch we went to one of the restaurants that was catering a "Traditional English Pub Lunch". Terry had a Guinness beer and we sampled Bangers and Mash, Fish and Chips, and the Traditional Cottage Pie (which is like Shepherd's Pie). This was a fun alternative to the usual buffet and got us thinking more about planning a British Isles trip in the future.
We spent the afternoon lounging at the aft of the ship looking at the wake and reading our books. My Kindle is wonderful as I'm trying it out for the first time. Occasionally whales are spotted and everyone shifts to the side railings to try to spot them. I suppose they are migrating to their winter waters in Hawaii.
Tonight is our first formal night. We have 5 of them on this cruise. Lots of chances for picture taking! LOL
Signing off from the middle of the Pacific. We have about 6,000 feet of water between the ship and the ocean floor.
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