Another sea day. This ended up being laundry day. Unfortunately, still haven’t cruised enough to start getting the free laundry (man, I look forward to that). Machine prices seem to have gone up, they were running $2 each. Still, was able to get the laundry done before lunch, and I think that should carry us through the rest of the trip.
Weather today was definitely a little cooler. I think the high was supposedly around 59 or so. I did notice at the noon update today was the first day that we’re actually further south than how far north we live. Still, not all that shabby. If we can get similar weather for Stanley we’ll be doing good.
Watching out the balcony I’ve noticed that we seem to have picked up a few albotrosses (or is the plural still albotross?). They’re taunting me though, every time I go out to try to take pictures, they back further away from the ship. Looks like we have more than one type, one’s a larger one that has a lot more white to it, while the other is smaller and is mainly grey or black. The smaller one seems to actually have to flap its wings sometimes, while the bigger one just seems to skim along, and I’ve never seem it flapping its wings. No idea how they manage to do that.
Captain’s Circle party tonight. Room was pretty crowded, but unlike some comments I’d seen recently, they were still doing it in multiple sessions in the Vista lounge, with the usual free “drinks”. Our captain, Captain Kent, I think is working on going into a second career as a stand-up comedian.
Seas have picked up a little, and we’re doing a little more rocking tonight, but still nothing of real significance. The captain did say we might run into a little more movement sometime tonight, but that things were looking pretty decent for the Falklands. However, it also sounds like we’re going to be headed down to Cape Horn right in front of a big storm, and it could get a little more entertaining for that. After all, we are going to one of the places that can have the worst seas in the world.