Day 19 of 111. Halfway to Hawaii Marathon to Hawaii–Day 3 Ron has successfully completed the third day of the marathon (20 laps around the ship). Paul is only doing a half-marathon (10 laps per day). Walking this morning was very interesting because there was some rain off the starboard side, but the sun was…
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Day 18 of 111. Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean Hi everyone. It’s Ron again. We just finished day 2 of the Marathon walk to Hawaii this morning. 12 miles down, 14 more to go. We start at 6:30 a.m.and finish about 8:00 a.m. Sunrise is around 7:00 a.m. So it’s really beautiful to watch the…
Day 17 of 111. Pacific OceanHello everyone. This is Ron and I’m putting my two cents into the Blog.We have five sea days between San Diego and Hawaii. Today we started walking a marathon for the next five days, by then we’ll be at Hilo, HI. We’ll walk six miles each day (20 laps around…
Day 16 of 111. Leaving San Diego This is the first segment of the Grand Voyage World Tour. About 90 passengers debarked the ship in San Diego and were replaced by a different 90 passengers. They just had THEIR lifeboat drill and are about to have their first dinner. You can see on our map,…
Day 16 of 111. San Diego, California Next to the Midway museum is a huge statue that captures an iconic photo that was on the front of Life magazine after the war. Our trolley guide told us that the statue was called “Unconditional Surrender”. The real name was posted under the statue… “Embracing Peace.” The…
Day 16 of 111. San Diego, CaliforniaWe signed up for the Old Town Trolley Tour in San Diego. I thought it would be kind of dull since I have worked for one week each summer in San Diego for the past four years, but it was really great. We had a special charter trolley and…
On the Sea Day, there was a cooking competition between two teams of crew members. Two of these guys were British and two were Norwegian. The judges were the captain (waving), the head chef, and the chief engineer. The two teams had 25 minutes to cook and each came up with creative dishes. The twist…
Day 14 of 111. En route to San DiegoOn Sea Days I have been taking watercolor classes. We are mostly learning techniques right now, such as how to draw swirling water and mix black/gray from blue and orange (ultramarine blue + burnt sienna). We were supposed to see dolphins as we passed the coast of…
Day 13 of 111. Off the coast of Cabo San LucasRon has a mild cold so I went to the Mexican Feast cooking class on my own.Menu: Zucchini, corn, black-bean and jack-cheese quesadillas; Scallops with Avocado Salad; Meat-Stuffed Poblanos with Cilantro-Lime Sauce and Chocolate Flan. The class held 10 people. We worked in four teams,…
(Day 13 of 111) Since we visited Puerto Vallarta last spring, we did not book any sort of excursion today. We were told that there was a Walmart in walking distance so we did a little shopping and found a nice restaurant with free WiFi. It is free, but not very fast, but still, free….