Sometime overnight Nate grew from a tropical storm to a hurricane. We traveled on parallel paths as predicted by the Captain until we turned east at the far western tip of Cuba. Things are much calmer and the ride smoother since just before dawn. I don't know if it was our final time change losing an hour last night or the rain clouds this morning, but when we each woke up to pee this morning it was already past 7am. Usually around 6 to 6:30am there has been light glowing around the balcony curtains indicating it is time to get up. We really weren't ready to wake up in the dark! We could see Cuba off the starboard side most of the morning. It is about 3:30pm now and we have just passed north of Havana. We've been too far off the coast to see land for hours though.
When we got back from Horizons after breakfast our cabin was ready. Our suitcases had been removed from beneath the bed and placed atop the luggage mat. Signal received loud and clear. Pack up and clear off! We were actually ready to pack yesterday and would have if the ship hadn't been dangerously pitching and rolling around. Today was a piece of cake.
We had breakfast and lunch in Terrace. We went to the big screen popcorn movie of Paris Can Wait at 1:30pm. We had never seen it before and enjoyed the revisiting of parts of the south of France we saw in 2015 on one of those 4 consecutive river cruises we took. Tonight I have requested to dine in the GDR for our last meal. There are a couple of dishes I'd like to have again so we'll have at least 4 courses!
We have traveled nearly 5000 miles from San Francisco and are less than 200 miles from Miami. In his noon announcement, the Captain expected to arrive in Miami well in advance of our scheduled 7am time. Since we sailed all day yesterday when we skipped Grand Cayman, I should expect that we will.
I'll assume the rest of the afternoon and evening will be uneventful and post this now. I anything noteworthy happens, I'll post an update.
On to a week in Florida with Mom! Looking forward to it.
Little Bob hits the road
Little Bob hits the road
