Day 90: At Sea

If anyone had happened to look at the Pacific Princess webcam last evening, they would have no doubt noticed that the Pacific Princess remained docked in Santa Marta, Columbia overnight, sailing at 6am today. Captain D announced yesterday afternoon that a medical evacuation needed to take place from the ship (our second in two days!) and the ambulance had not yet arrived. Then, later, he announced that the combination of high winds and nightfall had made sailing unwise and he had decided to wait until this morning. He assured us that left plenty of time to make our reserved transit time of the Panama Canal tomorrow. 

Beyond that, I don't have much to report. We have not yet celebrated my birthday yesterday; I simply haven't been in the mood. However, we are quite excited about our Panama Canal transit tomorrow morning. We attended lecturer Bill Fall's talk on the Panama Canal operation in the Cabaret Lounge this morning and listened to it again late afternoon when it was replayed on TV, and though we thought we knew how the Canal worked, today we learned how much we didn't know. We have heard that the webcams at http://www.pancanal.com have been a bit hit and miss lately, but in case they are working tomorrow, we are scheduled to enter the first Gatun lock around 6:45 to 7am EST. Certainly the ship's webcam will be working and will give a good bridge perspective of the transit. 

Hopefully I will feel chattier tomorrow night as there will be much to report.