After spending the morning listening to an interesting lecture sponsored by the BioEthics Department of U of MN and stitching, I joined my friends on deck 14. But there were no whales today. There were also remarkably fewer bar staff circulating and the drunks were absent. As we were still at anchor, I figured it all had to do with the call of beaches…
After thinking about it for…. oh let us say less than five minutes.. I decided to wander down to Deck 2 and catch one of the tenders to shore. Less than ½ full, I enjoyed both the lack and crowding and the smooth seas. On approach to the pier, it was rapidly apparent that there was a long, long, long line of people ready to head back to the ship. In fact, the end of the line was off the pier and around a bend.
Get off? Stand in line for an hour? Nope, not me.
As soon as everyone else had exited the tender, I just smiled at the guys and said I had ridden over to get a picture of the ship. Ok, no problem. Changing locations on the tender, I happily found a seat on the best side for viewing and right next to the cable across the open door. I watched them start to load; surprisingly, there were only about 25 on board when they stopped the line. Ok – not crowded, this is also good.
Obviously, I got my photo.
A bit latet I also managed a photo from my balcony of the last tender being hauled up so that we could get under way (less than 150 km to travel tonight).
which leave me to the elevator photo …
(never mind – photos to be added at 0 insane O’Clock when there is enough band width.
It also means that you don’t get to see Part 9 of the Haunted Library SAL for a day or so. It features the Ghost of books unread… That TBR pile that has grown and taken over….
