Dancing on New Year’s Eve

Once again, it is Insignia that is doing the dancing … not us.

In fact, if conditions don’t calm down — which, based on Captain Brajcic’s noon announcement, we aren’t expecting to happen — there won’t be any dancing to ring in the New Year. Unless you call the lurches we make when the ship unexpectedly “zigs” and we respond with a “zag” a new style of dancing.

Capt B said that the waves today are in the 12 foot/4 meter range. Seems more than that to me, but I will take his word for it. We went through a brief squall earlier, and it looks like another one is heading our way momentarily. The apparent wind was around 45+ knots when I last checked.

Mui and I have experienced 40 foot waves and hurricane force winds … on a smaller, 100-passenger vessel … when we were crossing from the Ross Sea in Antarctica to New Zealand. Thus, we’re OK … feeling no ill effects. But it does seem rather quiet around the ship, so I imagine a number of people are prone in their cabins.

I have some great footage showing the motion of the ocean, but I am limited by bandwidth, so here’s just a short snippet for those of you who are land-bound to enjoy as you “armchair travel.” (Sorry about the horizon not being straight … between the motion of the ocean and the wind, it was hard to keep the camera still.)

In case I don’t make it back with another footprint tonight …

🎉 🥳 WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY, HEALTHY, AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR … SHARED WITH THE LOVED ONES IN YOUR LIVES! 🎉 🥳Baca lagi