At Sea: temperature is 77 with calm seas and 3575 miles to Nuku Hiva (French Polynesia), our next port of call in 8 days. Partly cloudy skies at 6:30 am.
Went to our knitting group, read The Other Boleyn Girl, worked on photos from the last week, and photographed a few birds that are seen flying in our air currents: brown boobies, masked boobies, and the beautiful red-billed tropicbird. (Photos to follow.) Lots of activities going on, but my book and photos needed me today!
January 12 At Sea:
75 degrees at 6:30 am, 15 knot winds, seas are light chop. Overcast. Boobies still flying around the ship.
Activities today will cause us to split up since they are at competing times: what to see and do in the Cook Islands and Polynesia, wine tasting for a wine package we can get, America's Test Kitchen is doing an Italian thing, and what to see and do in Nuku Hiva (our first port)...knit group, exercise, etc. Busy day at sea...love it.
We are apparently about 160 miles north of the northern-most Galapagos island today (never been there...yet.)
Just checking in before turning in and will probably upload this early in the morning when wifi is better...set clocks back an hour again tonight so I know I'll be up at 4 or so! The day was excellent...the America's Test Kitchen on board has a great cook...learned a lot today about Parmesan cheese...and a few great recipes. Lots of info on upcoming ports in Polynesia that was useful...signed up for a few more tours. It remained overcast and 70's all day so it was very comfortable walking on deck. Tomorrow looks like an easier day for us...fewer competing activities! (Probably due to the football games that are scheduled.) I haven't accomplished much that I hoped to on these sea days...a week left...from then on the "real cruise" begins with ports nearly every day. 'Night all ...
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