Went for a walk on the track, level 10. Walking counterclockwise on the track. The ship is steaming at 18kts. There must have been a head wind coming from just off the bow at more than 15 kts so the effect was a walk into a wind of 30-35 or more kts. That is close enough to mph for government work. Makes 10 times around the track or a mile that much farther. Got some nice pictures though.
Read a book the entire morning.
The Captain gives a short position/weather report at noon each day. Today he announced that we will pass through the Gibraltar Straits around 1:00am. I will be there but will not guarantee the photos.
If you type 35.50N and 29.24 W into Google Earth you should get close to the Canary Islands. They lie about 100 miles North of our position. Since we passed the continental rift we float over the Euro-Asian Plate. I just made that name up but the idea is good. We have about 1300NM left until we reach Malaga. We have this in room display similar to the displays on airplanes that track our position on a map. It shows the Straights of Gibraltar a hand width distant. Translates to 1100NM.... or so. It is getting shallow here. I hope our captain knows where he is going. The sea depth is 9500 ft. I can almost touch bottom if i jump overboard.
In preparation for our first port of call, we had a Spanish lesson. I, now, have four sheets of paper with many words that i can point to if i need help.
The question was raised at the dinner table if we would take this ride again. Interesting.
Missed you at the Round Table last evening. Went to see The Little Dog Laughed and met with Sherri, Gary, Mike C, Mike N, Jeff K, Jeanette H, Betsy and some retired guy named George.
ReplyDeleteThe trip sound great. How cool to go through the straits. I have been following your progress on the map. Love the blog! Demmo