This is an iconic image looking out to sea from Cabo San Lucas.
There are people indulging in
every type of water activity all along the beautiful Baja peninsula. We saw
boats pulling colorful parachutes and para sails. All the activity kept the
whales and dolphins away but the captain reported many sightings as we sailed
in.
There was a
Super Bowl party on the large fan deck in the stern last night. We sat out
there for a while but it got too cold once we started sailing away. The man
next to me said, “Don’t worry. The air will be steaming by the time we reach
Panama.”
This was my
first Super Bowl party and I was disappointed because the commercials were
blocked out for some reason. The cruise director asked trivia questions about
football during the commercials and we knew none of the answers. Example: “Who
was the coach of the team that lost the first Super Bowl?”
We will dock
in Puerto Vallarta today at 10. We took a bus tour the first time we were here
in 2010. We met lots of poor people but they all had health insurance,
something I lacked at the time.
Part of
the reason we can travel is that I finally aged into Medicare. What a relief!
We were paying $1039 a month for my health insurance alone.
We moved into
the Central Time Zone yesterday. So, we are now an hour ahead of our family in
Utah.
I got up this morning at 6:30 and it was black outside. It seems strange
as it was light so early in French Polynesia. I went up to the Internet cafe
and got on the Internet easily at that hour.
I checked Facebook
and discovered that my friend, Kris, reported that her brother has been missing
in the mountains since Friday.
My heart goes out to her.
I also read
the newsletter from church about the two funerals that have been held since we
left. So sad. I left some money with a friend to cover a small donation to
funerals while we were gone. I hope she remembered.
On a happier
note, I am signed up to play with dolphins this morning! Bill is up and says he
feels somewhat better. He said he doesn’t want to get in the water. So I
changed his reservation and he will only be an observer.
I noticed the
captain eating lunch with two other ship officers yesterday near the pool. I
went over to thank him for the chocolates that he sent to our room. I also told
him I love his name, Syba De Boer. It just rolls off the tongue.
