January 24th. I will miss six "sea days" as the ship makes its way back to
San Diego for a February 4th arrival.
Today I started the morning at my usual spot up on deck 9 reading and
listening to music in the sun. The spot is wonderful, there are only six
deck chairs up there, so it is nice and private and quiet. There is only one
problem - it is right above the "Slice Pizza" counter. About 10:30 or 11:00
they start making the pizzas and the aroma is delicious. So far I have not
indulged, I keep telling myself the real thing could never measure up.
An interesting sailing fact we learned today. The nautical measure "knot"
comes from the ancient sailors practice of gradually trailing a "knotted"
rope over the side of the ship. The number of knots fed out in a specific
period of time indicated the ships speed. To hold the rope in place on the
surface of the sea, a large piece of wood was attached to the trailing end.
There has been a limited outbreak of illness on the ship, so we are under a
"code red", which is even more restrictive then the when we first board the
ship. We are grateful that our captain is cautious (unlike a certain captain
recently making headlines), and that he is being proactive.
I have attached pictures taken from the ship today looking North, South,
East and West. Kind of looks the same!
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