Travel

I’ve taken a bunch of photos from 3 cameras – tried to eliminate duplicates – and grouped them into 3 slideshows. Enjoy. Hobbit Holes: Details: Green Dragon:

Noon Report: Position: S 36º 50′ – E 174º 46′ Speed: Moored Course: Moored So this is life in port. The gangway is on Deck 2 so a section of the deck is closed so it was a kind of a ‘yo-yo day’ – around, back, around, back, rinse and repeat. Also, since they weren’t

Noon report: Position: S 36º 50′ – E 174º 46′ Speed: Moored Course: Moored So here’s the deal. We had just finished the 9:30 lecture on the role of Submarines in the Pacific Theatre of WWII when there was an overhead announcement. Here’s a summary: Weather in Auckland is deteriorating and by this evening will

Not many photos today so here’s a sunrise: Noon Report: Position: S 33° 44.23′, W 179° 11.22′ Speed: 13.1 knots Course: 236º The seas are rough and choppy. The wind is blowing. But the good news is that the swells and the wind are behind us so our ride, as we surf along, is fairly

Noon report: Position: S 30° 44.08′, W 173° 15.06′ Speed: 17.3 knots Course: 244º So I guess this is how it works. We got up this morning, changed our clocks one day, and we’re pretending there is not difference. Easy Peazy. Other than that it was a normal morning: up, exercise, back to the room

Noon report: Position: S 27° 25.70′, W 166° 05.64′ Speed: 17.1 knots Course: 241º The walk yesterday morning was particularly brutal – hot and humid, so I decided to try something different. I’ve found that I’m ususally awake around 4:30 every morning – coming out of a REM cycle, doing a fluid adjustment, then back

Noon Reading: Position: S 24° 02.80′, W 159° 50.41′ Speed: 15.1 knots Course: 241º We’re firmly back on our sea day schedule: Exercise, Breakfast 9:30 History of New Zealand – Settlement and colonization by the Maoris, Europeans, and others 11:00 Japanese Perspectives on the Pacific War After lunch Cheryl had a massage and Randy worked

Noon Reading: Position: S 20° 09.23′, W 153° 30.19′ Speed: 16.8 knots Course: 236º …we’re heading southwest toward New Zealand. We are scheduled to arrive on Tuesday January 31 after 5 days at sea. And if you are confused by the math, so are we. The best we can do at this point is say

Noon Reading: Position: S 17° 32.30′, W 149° 34.19′ Speed: At anchor Course: At anchor Having a 9:00 excursion shouldn’t make that much difference from a 9:30 lecture. But somehow it does. Maybe it’s the fact that the meeting point is a couple-hundred yards down the pier. More likely it’s because the 9:00 excursion is