SEA DAY 6

This morning at a hilarious special ceremony on the pool deck we came before King Neptune and his court. It was the equator crossing ceremony a time-honored seafarer’s tradition. A person is called a “Pollywog” if they have never crossed the equator by sea and is called a “Shellback” after crossing. I have flown across the equator hundreds of times but never by sea before last night. I will be adding pictures of the ceremony later. Earlier this morning I attended an enrichment lecture entitled, “Between Polar Extremes: A Scramble for Artic Resources”. When we looked at last night’s dinner menu neither of us was very impressed but it turned out to be one of the best so far. Rebecca had beef tenderloin south Pacific style and I had a trilogy of veal. The show last night was with “The Unexpected Boys” again with a tribute to Broadway music. I preferred their Frankie Valli show last week. Another rough night at sea and ship is still moving today. Kind of noisy with creaky walls when ship is moving. At 12:30pm there was a meeting of CruiseCritic members that was very interesting. Guess there were approx 14 of us. We had read each other’s posts on the internet but had never met. We don’t even know the names as we make up a name to be used on CruiseCritic.com. For example, my name online is “sevenseassailor”. For every lunch there are basically 4 options: room service, pool side, La Veranda, or Compass Rose. Today at pool grill they were grilling burgers, chicken, salmon all for sandwiches. We both enjoyed a hamburger. We will go to gym later on after food digests some. I was in gym yesterday evening and was talking with General Duke (astronaut) and his wife when they announced on FOX NEWS that Scott Brown had won MA senate seat. Later that night at bar and dining room we heard quite a few people celebrating it. We are going to try to get in Prime 7 (steakhouse) tonight even though we do not have reservations. Show tonight is the concert pianist so have no interest in it. Well, tomorrow we will have completed the 3000 mile trip from San Diego to our first port, Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands. Good luck if you try to find it on an atlas. Will be there from 8am to 4pm. Presently it is about 2:30pm and is sunny and 81F. Our position is 4 degrees 19 minutes S latitude and 137 degrees 32 minutes W longitude.