We have sailed!

We are on the ship and sailing towards the Hawaiian islands. Our first port will be Honolulu after 4 days of sailing. We left the port of San Francisco about 5 pm and headed towards the Golden Gate Bridge and the setting sun.

Since we had a late lunch after we got on board, we decided to skip dinner in one of the dining rooms and go to the Horizon buffet instead for a light meal. While dining we saw a pod of whales swimming alongside the ship. We saw the blows of water, the flipping of the tails, and dorsel fins--no breaching (jumping out of the water). After dinner we attended the first show production in the theatre. A little bit of singing and dancing and then a ventriloquist performed. He was pretty lame but it was good people watching in the theatre. The cruise director surveyed the group and found a couple who have been married 66 years and a young couple who have been married only 3 weeks and are on their honeymoon. Of course he asked the older couple what advice they would give to the younger couple.....the husband said, "Just do what you are told!" That got a laugh from the audience. This is definitely an older crowd on this cruise; if they are young, one wonders how they can leave their jobs for such a lengthy cruise. Today we will attend a Meet and Greet get-together of the people we have been corresponding with and following on the cruise critic rollcall for this cruise. We have met our stateroom neighbors....they are from Great Britain! It will be fun to chat with them as going on a British Isle cruise is in our "Bucket List".