Friday 4/10/09 11:55pm HST (2 hours earlier than PDT)

Speed: 19.2 kts, Temp: 67.1 degrees, Humidity 72.6%

23 degrees 49’ N 146 degrees 56’ W

Sailed 3206.2 nautical miles from LA

Sailed 576.4 miles from Lahaina

1676.6 nautical miles to Ensenada, Mexico

Seas: 4.0 – 7.5ft moderate, wind: Force 4

Sea temp 75.2 degrees

 
Today is an at sea day that the Golden Princess has filled with activities. You can do anything from spa treatments, to paddle tennis, ceramics, ballroom dancing lessons, trivia challenges, ukulele lessons, various lectures, and so much more. We took our time getting up today; I think the four to five mile walk yesterday wore a bit of us out, but just a bit. We greeted the day, had an early lunch, and did some people watching, and we have seen this one lady before, and she should be shared, so you have got to hear about “Maxine”. She is about 75-80 years of age with the blackest shoulder length hair. She wears a very short skirt with black fishnets and large hoop earrings and about three quarters of pound of makeup. She was walking in high-heeled sandals with half of her foot shoved through the toe part of the sandal. She has become known as Maxine and our interest in her has continued through most of the trip. It was discovered later this evening at the Captain’s Cocktail Party, that she has a male counterpart. He is approximately the same age, does a wicked comb-over and was attired in a tuxedo that was complete with a white coat and peach colored shirt and the pants were peach colored too. They did some cha-cha dancing and other moves. But we digress, the afternoon was filled with some fun act ivies. There was a bit of casino time,  a game of Kings Corners by the pool, afternoon high tea, art of napkin folding class and a bit of trivia throw in for good measure. We had a formal night and a cocktail party to get ready for and that always takes a bit of coordination to get everyone totally “done up” We did a great job, even with the ship still rolling a bit. The cocktail party was fun, hearing about people who in total have been on so many cruises that the time adds up to 3 years! Imagine the places those people have been.  After a great dinner at the steakhouse and being entertained by the conversations in Spanish between our waitress (Wendy from Mexico), and Kathy, we made our way back to the cabin. Our cabin steward (Edwin), has been wonderful and our room was made up for the evening, this involves bringing down the bunk bed from the ceiling.  We got ready for bed, got the blog done and turned out the lights. The door to the balcony stayed open and you can hear the waves crashing against the bow of the ship, and sometimes you feel the jerk of the ship as if it has run over a pothole in the sea. We are hoping for sunshine weather tomorrow, heard that the Seattle/Tacoma area has had some days that were 70 plus degrees! Will “talk” with you tomorrow…..good night John Boy!