Cruising the North Atlantic Ocean, Still

Last night's stargazing was another bust. Too cloudy. We should have known when the clouds killed sunset. We'll have another try tonight but it has been hazy and overcast all day. Substantially cooler than previous days. The Captain said yesterday he had to run a 3rd generator to keep up speed because too much energy was being used up by the AC trying to keep the ship cool. He says we should arrive in Dakar on schedule.

We'd seen yesterday afternoon's movie and this afternoons. Clay went yesterday anyway and may go again today. I won't and we all know why. When we came back from lunch today my new Surface Go wouldn't turn on. I don't know why or how he got it back up and running but Clay told me it was tired. Ha. Clay did not go to the movie, he read.

We got a load of laundry done today. Clay thinks it is the last of this trip. We'll see.  It is another casual night and we'll eat in Waterside. The last 3 evenings there, we've been assigned table 6, like regulars. Not sure how or why that's happened or if it will last. Just saying.

Still enjoying smooth sailing. We felt a little wobble in Marketplace but that is high and aft. Palm Court, high and forward, felt smooth. We're seeing a lot of other ships in the distance today unlike the last couple of days. Late afternoon, early evening we saw a half-dozen or more smallish fishing boats in the distance off our balcony. We spent some of the afternoon out there after the sun changed sides but the wind was too chill for us. Early spring in the North Atlantic already. At least we won't have to worry about being too hot in Senegal.

This afternoon we both got email from American Airlines to pre-order our lunch on our trans-Atlantic flight. You know that means it is nearly time to go home.

This evening we received a shore pass that we must carry ashore tomorrow. Also the latest update is they will no longer bunker fuel in Dakar so we are back to 10 pm all aboard for 11 pm departure. I seriously doubt anyone is changing their plans at this hour. Crystal is providing a complimentary shuttle between the pier and Kermel market every 1/2 hour but the last one returns at 4:30 pm.