Thursday, February 7, 2013

Seaday 2


Today was a special day. The impulse for this trip was my father's last wish to have his ashes scattered over the ocean. Since he didn't say which ocean i had several to choose from. We found this trip to Venice, Italy on the web and couldn't pass up the offer. I had visited my daughter in Portland, Oregon and scattered some ashes in the Pacific so this only made sense to scattered them in the Atlantic as well..
Today, i was escorted to the aft deck, water level and allowed to release both Dad's and Dorothy's ashes at some where close to 28.35.39 N and 70.24W at 15:00 GMT. Not much of a ceremony, no band or color guard but the deed was done. Pictures to follow.
Speaking of longitude, latitude, We had a time change last night. Well, of cruise director, Noonan, told us a t 3:00am to set our clocks ahead an hour since we moved time zones. However, he forgot to check with the captain. Seems just like on an airplane, we don't change our clocks until we reach a port. Deb and i got our coffee delivered early this morning. Not a pretty sight for service staff. I will gussy up sooner for the next delivery.
Also, we were at 639nm from our start when the captain announced over the intercom that we had 3280nm until we reached our first port of call, Malaga. Cruising at 18.4k, we have some time left.

1 comment:

  1. Nice to hear the final wishes have been honored and that Dorothy and you father are together again in the wonderful waters of the blue planet. Enjoying the blog! Denni and George

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