At Sea

            We awoke Monday, 30 Sep, after losing an hour of sleep because we had to set our clocks forward one hour last night (the first time to set clocks forward rather than back).  Unlike the warm, sunny day that we had yesterday, today was cool and overcast, with a light drizzle.  At breakfast, we shared a table with Jan and Bill from San Jose, CA.  Although they’re familiar with parts of the Far East, this is their first time cruising here. 

After breakfast, Sally went for a swim in the now-open pool in the enclosed area; the water was bath-water warm, quite comfortable.  Meanwhile, Jesse downloaded e-mail and posted an entry on the blog, since we were unable to connect to the server last night.  Before lunch, we attended a Samba dance lesson, which neither of us mastered very well.  Diane, our dance teacher back home, had taught us the Samba line dance, but not the ballroom Samba.  Maybe with a little practice.…  Although every day we try to eat a light lunch, we never succeed because of all of the delicious food choices in the Horizon Court – which means we’ll have to lose some weight this time when we get home!  After lunch, Sally napped while Jesse did a load of laundry.  Jesse really enjoys the social aspects of the laundry room, watching the women carefully folding their clothes and most of the guys dumping theirs in a bag and then shaking the bag a couple of time to minimize (?) the wrinkles.  Since Sally gives Jesse very explicit directions on laundry, ours is returned to the cabin somewhat carefully folded. 

After dinner, we danced (and stumbled a bit) for about 45 minutes in the Club Fusion and then relaxed in the hot tub for about 15 minutes before retiring for the night.  The seas started out “moderate” this morning, but changed to rough by mid-afternoon.  For the second time, waves splashed to the tops of windows in the dining room during our dinner.  At least the air temperature today was about 60 degrees, not 48 as it was several days while our ship was in the Bering Sea, so that many people took walks out on the deck.