Farewell SF: Under the Golden Gate We Go

Even though the Currents said that we would depart at 11:00a, in his announcements CD Ray kept saying 10:00p would be the departure time. In fact, Insignia pulled away from its San Francisco berth at 10:15p. If an announcement was made as to why the departure time was changed, I didn’t hear it. No matter … we were aboard anyway.

The rain that began just as we returned to the ship was still coming down. It was cold and windy, too. So, I stayed on the veranda for the sailaway … watching San Francisco recede into the distance as we sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge and headed out to the Pacific Ocean … turning south to begin the 180-day voyage.Read more