Sea Day #2 10-28-14

The sun was shining and the seas calm when I opened the balcony door this morning.  I said to Debbie “It’s warm..maybe 75 degrees” and later the Captain said it was exactly that and that we were off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida at noon.  Kay and Judy came to the door and we said we would meet them in the Windjammer.  Debbie said we were not going to sit there for three hours again and guess what?....we did!  One by one the girls drifted in and sat down with us.  After we left, Kay and I went for a walk since she wanted to see where the rock climbing wall was.  We stopped to watch the crew vs passenger dodge ball game.  It was quite aggressive and we were glad we weren’t involved although they were having fun.  We walked around and found the shuffleboard game and decided to play.  We thought it would be fun to have the other girls join us for a game and miniature golf on another sea day.  We played several games before a man walked by when Kay pushed her puck a bit too hard and he was about to step on it so she yelled “four” and I got to laughing so hard the game had to come to an end.

We have had restroom issues on the ship and it was rumored yesterday that we may have to stop in Bermuda for parts but that did not come to pass but the problem continues off and on, various decks and areas.  We met at 5 PM today to have a somewhat memorial for the girls that we have lost and remembered past cruises we have done together.  We then had our group photo taken which was a real production number.  After that eight of us, Kay, Judy, Debbie, Patty, Karen, Sharon, Carol & I went to get a pre- dinner drink and then we all ate at Giavonni’s for dinner.  Again it did not disappoint and everyone had a great dinner and enjoyed their dinner.  We got a discount on the booking and the head waiter from the dining room sent us two bottles of red wine so we got a real deal at only $16 each.

After dinner the majority of the girls went to the show (it was the production show we saw last week) and Debbie and I went to play in the casino.  It was a very unlucky night for both of us.  I even tried to learn Caribbean Poker with Sharon and Carol and didn’t do anything there either.  We came back to the cabin, Debbie read the activities for tomorrow and we called it a night.