A rainy day today with a few notable disappointments so far. The ship’s network connection has been down to varying degrees most of the morning. Lorna wanted badly to see the historical talks on the next two destinations but due to a cruise line app glitch, they rescheduled the sessions (into one at an earlier time)and we missed it/them. I was going to blog earlier, but persistently got a ‘no connection here’ message. Seems to be better now, I suspect that the rain has had an impact on satellite connections.
I saw a whale off to the side if the ship. Arc of back and a small dorsal fin. Not a big guy, but cool none the less. I didn’t get my camera ready in time though and aftwr that one i stood on the bow for some time but nothing else showed itself.
Had a great meal at Palo last night. I had a lobster pasta dish and Lorna had the beef. We both had the ‘order early’ souffle…Lorna had the chocolate and I tried a new option they offered with Amaretto flavoring. Both were delicious as expected.
Today should be a slow day. Rainy and grey with all day at sea. I did shove together a short set of perl scripts to clean up my backup hard drive to make sure I have space for a second copy of the photos from the remaining days of the cruise without losing anything that matters.
Probably a good thing that we’re having a down day. We manage to burn the candle at both ends even on a cruise 🙂 By this point we have both been dragging a bit for the last couple of days. I know my feet are feeling the constant use. Lorna’s arm is hurting a bit…wondering if just using it to assist on the stairs may have strained it.
Haven’t heard from Lys in a bit. Lorna’s data is expended and while I sent Lys a message to let her know that I’m the only contact point, I expect she’s busy with changing buildings to get ready to start ‘A’ school.
Just about noon, they just announced that they’ll sound noon with the ship’s tune.
Yesterday we passed a section of Orkney coastline with a large castle-like manor building and a very isolated looking light house. (There goes the noon whistle) I got some great shots as we passes and Lorna and I considered what it must be like to pass the winter in an isolated location in an already isolated set of islands.
We’re 15 miles west of Scotland. Travelled 240 nm at 13 knots.
The ship is rocking a bit today. Long low swells. The captain just mentioned that these are good conditions to look for dolphins and whales. I’ll probably head up to see if I can see anything shortly.
I saw stitch goofing with a toddler on the way up the stairs. He was clearly heading back for a rest so I didn’t go to grab Lorna. Very cute and I did get a couple of pictures along the way.
Waiting to see the tangled stage show at 2 pm