Still Sailing

It's hard to believe that we have been sailing for eight days now. We seem to be rolling a bit harder today, enough to make me feel a bit queasy, but it's still smooth and we've had good weather for the most part. A couple of nights ago there was a very nice meteor shower that we were able to watch from deck eight. The above photo was taken up there at night, but of course there are no meteors visible in the photo, just some squiggles where the stars are. Sailing at night with a clear sky has a way of making you feel really small with the huge expanse of the universe above and the expanse of the deep below. One can only dream of what may be out there in any direction, up or down.

On Saturday it rained and the kids decided to start playing in the little wave pool formed by the water that had accumulated on deck faster than it could drain. The water formed little waves as the ship rocked back and forth. The kids got soaked of course, but it was a great opportunity for them to burn off some energy, so we were happy for it. They even made "water angels". Of course you couldn't see anything once they got up except maybe a slightly cleaner place on the deck, but they had fun doing it. Sometimes the kids make "sand angels" too in Africa as there is no snow that I know of within 1000 miles of where we spend our time.

We had the annual Winter Wonderland on board a couple of nights ago where people sell Christmas crafts and snacks and stuff. The kids are working hard on play rehearsals for the Christmas play the Academy is doing this week.We have had our usual drills too. I got a photo of Jenny just before the camera battery ran out.

David and I got a little bored at lunch the other day. We entertained each other, and a few others, with napkins.

We're having a good sail, but we're ready for Tenerife. I just like land.

John