El Salvador and Ed's 75th b'day tomorrow

Overcast

Ed got up before me so I figured it was time. Got ready and went to the morning’s classes (ha)

Antiguita

Ok that’s not the correct spelling and I only know it’s in Nicaragua in a day or two. You’ll get more details in the blog of that day.

Shark week

This young man is very fun. Originally from Switzerland he now works with sharks and has made it his goal to disavow people of myths about them. For example, over 400,000 people are bitten seriously by their pet dogs each year yet there are only a handful of shark attacks despite surfers and divers galore.

Trivia: not an easy one. We are hoping to remember the answers in case the question returns later.

Afternoon movie

Lion. But we didn’t go because it is over 2 hrs and it would interfere with the Captain’s party and trivia. We decided not to even attempt the latter.

Captain’s party

This is for folks who are in the Captain’s circle which is almost everyone on the ship by now. Dr. Chuck who is the second longer traveler on this ship, invited us to be his guest so we had to be there early. Had an opportunity to simply talk with a lovely lady I’ve seen and known from a distance.

Formal night

So we gussied up, Ed matching the red in my Chinese long jacket with his cummerbund and bow tie. We keep doing these hoping we’ll lose 20 pounds and 30 yrs but I’m not sure it’s working.

Photos from canal transit

We had a slew of them as our cabin is front center and we had a lot of posters displayed by our guests. Rick gave me a copy of his goPro video of the canal transit and that is great fun.

Dinner

Still howling with laughter each evening. I will really miss this crowd when we are back home. I’m sure the rest of the dining room will recall our hilarity. Even our waiter is contributing tid bits to our jocularity.

Cinematique

Was the big production show tonight. The dancers are very good but I miss the ones we had for most of the cruise. Love the costumes and the choreography.

We took care of the domestic chores (organizing the handouts and such from trip, getting laundry ready to go down in the morning.)

Lightening

And some thunder near dusk; also a few sprinkles on the windows now and then. But the ocean is placid enough for a calm ride.

We see many land birds around us and occasional flying fish are sighted. On some occasions we can see land in the distance.