Following the Barkers

Following the Barkers

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Tuesday November 17, 2015 At Sea Between Santa Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico




We got up around 8:30 and ordered our coffee and breakfast from room service.  While we had our coffee I caught upon computer stuff.  We were anchored off Catalina Island so our MiFi worked. Tomorrow we will have to use the ship’s internet.

Gerri decided to stay onboard and lounge in the pool area. 



I opted to take the tender to Avalon and see if I could find some geocaches. 
The weather was cool but comfortable.  I had downloaded 10 caches near the harbor at Avalon.  









After reading the information I narrowed my choices down to one earthcache.  I had to walk from the landing area over to and out onto the pier.  Most of the information to claim the find was in the lengthy description of the cache.  I don’t care for earthcaches, I prefer the no longer allowed virtual caches.  They required an answer to a question and or a picture.  The typical earthcache asks 4-5 questions and often requires some speculation.





The attached pictures are scenes from around the waterfront in Avalon.











I went back on aboard at about 3 PM and met Gerri by the pool where there was no breeze and the temperatures were warmer.  We watched half of a movie, The Sound of Music.  We split a slice of pizza.  Later we went to the Skywalker for the daily hors d’oeuvres.  Today they featured steak tartar.  Of course there were the usual variety of cheeses and vegetables.  We sat with a couple that we sat with during the Muster drill.

The ship started moving about 6.  They seemed to be having trouble getting the anchor loose.  Of course with over 200’ of chain out that took a while.

At 7 we went to the Vista Lounge and watched a Motown show before going to dinner.  We went to our regular dinner seat.  All three couples were present.  After dinner we went to the Princes Theater and saw a comedian, Miguel Washington.


This was a good day.  It was smooth sailing, some sun, a geocache, great scenery at Catalina, good food and entertainment.  We were in bed by 11 to be ready for our only day at sea on this cruise.

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