Disembarkation

             On Saturday, February 15 we awoke to our alarm at 6:45 AM.  We shared our breakfast with a couple from Maine who winters in Florida and will be staying in the Los Angeles area with friends for a couple of days before returning to Florida.

After breakfast, we vacated our cabin and waited in the Provincial Dining Room until or group was called to disembark.  During most of that time, we sat with Conway and Carol, the same couple that we had sat beside while waiting to board.  Unfortunately, they don’t have e-mail, but we’re hoping to see them again on a future cruise.  Today they were flying home to Alberta, Canada.

When it was time for our group to disembark, we had to stand in a long time to get through customs.  While we waited, we watched fork truck drivers load pallets of food onto the ship.  At one point, a load of zucchini was spilled after some of the lower crates collapsed.  Although the process was working like clockwork until then, the zucchini cleanup was very labor intensive, with five workmen reloading the crates.

After clearing customs, we waited on the dock for Jesse’s brother, Jon, to pick us up.

Signing off at the end of another lovely and relaxing cruise!