July 6, 2011, Wednesday
Today was a very unique day for us. Normally, sea days like this are busy days for us, but today we had no lecture assigned and got to take the day at our own pace.
We arose early for breakfast with our other lecturer Aaron, the retired Mountie. We had a nice conversation and promised him we would attend his lecture that afternoon, which we did.
Since we were no longer protected by the Inside Passage today, the rollers somewhat larger than average. This bothered many of the guests who were not used to the ocean, but it was just the normal North Pacific to us. Later in the afternoon the sun broke through and we were blessed with a following wind that made the outside decks quite pleasant, for the first time since we left Puget Sound. We sighted the northern end of Vancouver Island late in the day and John decided to see if he could make a contact with our handheld ham radio. He was able to connect with a repeater somewhere on the island and had a short chat. Not bad for a walkie-talkie that runs only about 2 watts.
The evening’s entertainment featured the ship’s dancers including the headliners, a Czech couple of ballroom dancers who were absolutely amazing. We also stayed up until midnight for the onboard comedian, whose jokes were mostly fresh and entertaining.
Victoria tomorrow.
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