STORM AT SEA

Not an enjoyable day on the not-so-peaceful Pacific Ocean! Too scary to look out our balcony doors. Ship is being tossed around like a leaf in the wind this afternoon. No one is allowed out on decks. Wind is between 50 and 60 mph and waves 30 to 40 feet. It is almost impossible to walk. We were up in La Veranda buffet at noon and the food was flying off buffet. My chair almost tipped over backwards with me in it so had to hold on the table with one hand while eating. We have never been in seas this rough in all of our 63 other cruises. Captain made PA saying he did not think it would get any worse and would be improving as we proceeded westerly. Ship is at reduced speed by about 5 knots so will be late arriving in Samoa tomorrow. If weather does not improve quickly, I suspect we will bypass Samoa as would arrive too late for tours anyway. They have not said this but just my prognosis. There is no way they can serve dinner tonight in the dining room unless weather improves. I suspect there a lot of sick passengers anyway. We are ok so far as are “practicing safe cruising”. We both have acupuncture wrist bands on and I have a scopolamine patch behind both ears. Enough of the weather. As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, last night we dined at Chief Engineer’s table in dining room. There were two other couples there and they were both from Houston, although they did not know each other. One gentleman was mid 80’s and the other was 90 years old. Both were fascinating as was Bjorn, our host. We talked so much that we did not have time for the dessert course before time to head to the show room. The Platters Show was great and everyone was having great time listening to the music of the 1960’s. They got a long standing ovation at end of show that was well deserved. Rest of today is up in the air. No workout as it would be impossible to stay on treadmill or stationary bike. This morning we were able to go to General Duke’s lecture about his walk on the moon. Tonight’s show is suppose to be by Roger Behr, a Las Vegas entertainer. No way he could stay on stage in this weather so hope it improves. The show room is in bow (front) of ship and the waves are slamming into the bulkhead and sounds like a GIANT sledge hammer is banging on it. Our suite is in very back of ship and we can hear that sound all the way back here. Going to be an interesting afternoon and evening. We are now 5 hours earlier than Dallas time. So it’s 1:30pm here and 6:30pm in Dallas. Time on bottom of each blog post is still wrong.