CRUISING - Day 1, The Names

Getting Our Sea Legs

Embarkation!

Today's main activity; the game of Tag. Name Tag.

As suspected, all our shipmates are of our age. But surprisingly, most are American. We have a sprinkling of Aussies, a pair of New Zealanders, a German couple.

There were no name tags so we had a group of about 30 people, 60 and 70 somethings, trying to learn everyone's name. But by the end of the day, the best we could do was know some of the names, and not the faces that goes with them. No matter, everyone is in good spirits.

I found a little humor in that we seemed to be trying to remember the names by remembering the initials. "You are an 'A', you are with a "C". It didn't seem to work, but nobody cared. We just laughed, corrected and moved on.

We are on the move, headed for our first port, but our week will be rearranged a bit due to weather.

As the sun collapsed and the moon shown through, the spirits were on the rise. Our cabin falls directly below the salon (or is that SALOON?). No matter, everyone deserves their fun. Lady Love is reading to me.

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