October 17 – Second Last Day of the Cruise

This has been a great cruise.  I would guess that two thirds of the passengers are from Canada, mostly from Vancouver and the southern mainland of BC.  It makes it very easy to talk to our fellow passengers during lunch or other informal gathering as we all have a shared experience.   Surprising enough the one couple who did know where Port Stanley was, were from Seattle.   It turns out that they had lived in Cleveland and had a boat. They had crossed into Canada through Port Stanley many times.

Our dinner companions have been wonderful.  Lorne is a Baptist minister and his wife Sig works with autistic young adults in the Vancouver area.  We have had many interesting conversations with them.  It had dispelled the myth that the art of conversation is dead.

During the day we went to the hula dancing presentation.  Marg bowed out because she had missed one class and didn’t know one of the dances they were going to perform.  To the uneducated eye they all seemed the same.

After high tea in the afternoon, we went and heard Sig and her choir sing a few songs.  They were very good for only two weeks practice.

We had Rocky and Joan over for drinks before dinner tonight.  Rocky has come down with a sore throat and has cut back on his wine consumption.  We hope it gets better before he leaves for home on Saturday.

Tonight was another formal dinner night.  Marg had lobster and quail and I had two lobster tails.  We both are stuffed.

Unfortunately we went to the Marriage game show but it was packed with not a seat to be had. I don't know why they don't schedule these popular shows in the theater but I'm sure they have their reasons.  Tomorrow we are going to try to see the finals of Voice competition.  It should be lots of fun.

The captain has opened up all the engines and we have made up the time lost when we airlifted the passenger to Honolulu.  So we should arrive on schedule in Vancouver On Friday morning.