Nov 14
This morning we woke to heavily overcast skies with rain
falling. Once again, the generous
overhang above our deck, came in very useful, as we could sit out and enjoy the
weather without being in the thick of it.
The temperature has moderated, and we are about 78 degrees, but in the distance,
we can see clearing skies. We heard a
couple of good claps of thunder as well.
It is very clear from his announcement this morning, that
the Captain much prefers cruising on the open seas rather than winding his way
through narrow channels for about 50 miles.
It must have been an intense 10 hours or so for him yesterday. All the traffic channels were plotted
throughout our journey, meaning that there was little room for navigational
error, and sometimes we came very close to the shore.
We had a little visitor to our deck and into our room this
morning. I was sitting reading and a movement caught my eye. It was a little
yellow finch size bird, a little larger than our pine siskins, but similar
coloration. He explored a bit, checked
out the balcony next door, then flew off.
We are approximately 20 miles off land.
We are also seeing more ocean birds, brown tern like ones, as well.
Nov 15
Awake to cloudy skies with a bit of rain falling but we are
headed towards clearing skies. The
weather continues warm 78 degrees and is nice and comfortable to sit on the
deck and read. We watched some dolphins
swimming near the ship this morning. Our
cabin is nicely situated under the pool deck so that we can enjoy the music
from the various presentations without having our ears pierced by the deafening
sound.
On our deck also is a lovely
Observation Lounge, where we can go for a quiet respite, watch the view ahead and
even grab a bite to eat if we want.
Today at 6 PM, we reached the halfway point in our cruise,
both in days traveled and in actual miles traveled, 2565 miles of 5005
miles. Tonight, we were treated to a
dramatic lightening display off in the distance, with the occasional thunderclap
heard.
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