Saturday, September 10, 2016
We did hit very rough seas in the Labrador Sea overnight and
though the wind’s died down, still rough seas. Clay feels its calmer, me not so
much. We went to iLuminate’s The Tourist. It is a seldom used entertainment
staff show. We enjoyed it. It was a clever use of equipment choreography using
a very dark theater and lighted suits. It had to be very difficult for the performers
in the rolling conditions in the theater. It helped us stay up late to look for
the aurora borealis. The CD came onstage at the end of the show to tell about
viewing it the night before. He said he’d show some passenger photos on today’s
morning show and he did. The skies were not clear last night. In fact, there
was actually fog! So, that was the end of aurora possibilities for us this trip
we’re told. Badly done Crystal for not finding it worthwhile putting aurora
notices in the e-alert program. There is always someone on the bridge watching and
so there is a person working for Crystal who knows when the aurora is visible.
I realize that the e-alert system may have been a tool of EYOS Expeditions and not
Crystal but come on, work together and make it happen if it is important to
guests. They all knew it was important to us as there was enough talk about it.
Anyway, lost opportunity. I am grateful that we had seen them before at least.
We ate breakfast and lunch in the main dining room. I have
stayed low in the ship and mostly in the cabin. We had a lecture today from the
diver who was aboard Shackleton until we left it. He showed video and photos of
what we didn’t see during the North West Passage. It was cool. He has at least
one more presentation. I have made a lot of progress on the needlepoint and am
more hopeful that I can get the kit Clay has requested. Dinner in main dining
room tonight is not expected to be very good for me based on the menu. I’m not
too hungry so that’s OK. Tomorrow we have 4pm Magic Castle at Sea tickets.
Really hoping it gets a lot calmer as we near Newfoundland. During the noon
announcement, the captain said he planned to use an inside Newfoundland passage
to get to Maine. The nav map looks like he is headed further west than the
initial track shown, so we are hopeful for a calmer and more scenic next couple
of days.
