Day 62 - 11 Sept - At Sea to Wewak - 2

Today was a pretty light day programming wise. There must have been a Mariner event as there were no talks between 11 and 1 except for Lance's repeat presentation at 1pm on our two upcoming ports of call.

The morning started with the 9am coffee chat featuring Subaru, the Executive Housekeeper. The big thing we learned was that there would be no more towel monkeys due to instructions from Seattle after receiving a complaint. It's another way in which political correctness has gone totally awry.

John Shively then presented a talk on the U.S.S. Franklin and two Indiana men whose paths crossed on that ship. In the afternoon Ron Orenstein presented on Bird of Paradise and Bower Birds. He was followed by Joanne, the FCC, who presented the 2020 and 2021 Maasdam Itineraries. After our interdenominational Bible study, it was a gala night which we didn't participate in. But our quiet Lido dinner was wonderful.

Terry presented his slide show on the Great Wall of China including scenes of the wall not seen by tourists. We had new entertainment from 'The Other Guys' a Frankie Valle tribute group. They weren't up to the caliber of the Jersey Tenors in terms of voice richness or sound comparison to the original group. They were still worth listening to and have 3 more shows.

There was no bedtime story tonight so maybe we'll get to bed before midnight. We cross the equator tomorrow about 9am and there's some special activities planned. The seas are calming down as we get farther from the huge tropical depression behind us.