We’re off again

Dear readers, after a hectic 24-hours I am back in the ‘Driving’ seat again.  We left Port Everglades last night, (5th) at 10 p.m. having embarked over 1,000 guests (and their luggage  😉 ), stores and fuel and heaven knows what else. Quite windy too, I probably woke up some of the guests, the bow-thrusts were working quite hard.

As I write, we are in the Old Bahama Channel, this lies between Cuba to the south and the Bahama Banks to the north, eventually we will round the eastern tip of Cuba, thence the western end of Haiti and into the Caribbean, our destination being Santa Marta, Columbia for Friday morning.

My leave was hectic, some time in Europe for Training courses, visiting my daughters and grandchildren, then a hernia op, (heavy suitcases up steep gangways) and some R&R of course. Suitcases are strewn around the cabin and today will involve packing it all away into its rightful place.

Emily and Violet are walking now,  Olly is shooting up, all too quickly.

 

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Emily and Olly

 

Violet