Sunday April 27, 2014 At Sea

Looking out this morning it looked like May Grey in southern California.  It did clear up later.  It was still windy out but again the sea wasn’t running very high.  This is the day the Lord made, and we will rejoice in it.

We had coffee in our room but no breakfast.  At 10:00 we had our third and last meeting with the geocachers on board.  Today a member of the cruise staff checked in with us to make sure we had got a spot to meet in the Wheel House Bar.  He told us that geocaching was the most asked about activities listed in the Princess Platter. Another person joined us today that wasn’t a geocacher,  she was a letter boxer.  She explained that game for those of us that didn’t know about it.  Letter Boxing has been around a long time.  It is similar to Geocaching but without the electronics.  There is a website where Letter Boxes are posted with clues on how to find them.  The Box contains a notebook and a stamp provided by the hider.  The seekers carry a notebook and a stamp designed by them.  The Letter Boxer that finds  a box stamps his book with the stamp in the box and the notebook in the box with his stamp.  The lady showed her book and stamp.  Many of the stamps, including hers, were literally works of art.  We swapped stories and passed around traveler bugs for other cachers to discover.  The meeting broke up after about an hour.  Besides talking about finding ways to have event caches on cruises we discussed wearing shirts identifying us as cachers.  Normally we try to remain inconspicuous when hunting caches, but on the cruise ship we may want to be identified as cachers.

Before the Geocacher’s meeting we had gone to the library and picked up our daily Sudoku puzzles.  After the meeting we went to the plaza area to watch a towel folding demonstration.  It was SRO but we found a seat on the edge of a planter and had a good view.  Two of the cabin stewards and one of their supervisors folded towels and washcloths into a variety of animals.  While waiting for the demonstration to start we worked on the Sudoku puzzles.  Both were rated as medium difficulty.  Gerri and I both got stalled at the same place on one of the puzzles.  We looked at the solution and it was wrong, it had two nines on one line.  We both were able to solve the other puzzle.

At 1pm I went to the intelligence lecture.  Today’s topics included bloopers with landings of the U-2.  It has been described as one of the most difficult aircraft to land.

After the lecture I met Gerri in the Explorer’s Lounge and we watched the passenger’s talent show.  One of our tablemates did a dance from her native county, India.

Gerri had eaten in the Horizon court so I went to the Lido Deck and had pizza slices.

The hors d’ouvres tonight was smoked salmon and a full complement of cheeses and vegetables.  On the way out of the lounge we met Jerue and Shandra, our tablemates from India by way of Toronto.  We talked and listened to the group Sol Play until dinner time.

At 10pm we went to the Princess Theater for the International Crew Talent Show.  This show is put on by the cruise director’s staff and features very talented members of the crew.

Back at the cabin it was a little reading time and then bedtime.