Day 28 - At Sea

Interesting night. Lots of rocking and rolling, slapping of waves against the hull and noises which came from I don't know where. The few times I looked out during the night, ship's lights illuminated a sea of whitecaps. Nice sunrise, but by 7:30 it was mostly cloudy. By this morning's GPS reading, we have 1,218 miles to go.

Today is Veteran's Day, and we would like to take this time to say Thank You to all those who served in the military and thanks for protecting our freedoms. We would like to especially acknowledge the veterans in our immediate family who have served our country: Robert C. Houston, deceased Gary H. Houston, deceased Odell Homsley, deceased Bob Houston Don Homsley Loretta Farnum Jeff Gabel

International Cafe is becoming a morning habit. Convenient, decent breakfast sandwich, good coffee and plenty of seating at 6:30 AM. A short walk around decks six and seven had Barb searching for her missing sea legs.

Well, this is day 26. Hard to believe we have been living on the Crown Princess for nearly a month and in five days we will be back to real life. What? Have to make our own bed and cook our own food? No chocolates on the bed every night? No room service? Bummer. Truth is I think we will both will be happy to be back home to the real life. And there are Christmas lights to be put up.

Around 9:30 we took a little walk about and in the process purchased a shirt and Jasmine soap for Barb, as well as additional DayQuill Severe for me. After a short nap we ordered sandwiches for lunch followed by a rerun of Iron Chef.

Afternoon weather deteriorated. Whitecaps and swells continued to dominate the landscape, with gray skies and occasional light rain. No better time to relax, read and watch the discovery channel.

A quick dinner at the Horizon Court included a broadcast by the Captain about the 55 knot winds and 3 meter swells. He advised us to use handrails where available, exercise caution if venturing out onto a balcony and finished by assuring us we were all safe. Back in our cabin chocolates were in place on the bed and our steward left a note reminding us that clocks must be reset tonight. Tomorrow we will finally be back on Redmond time. And it will also be housekeeping day, which means getting up early to secure a washing machine before heading down for coffee.
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Aboard the Crown Princess

018° 45' North
127° 38' West

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