Day 38: Crossing International DateLine

Merle gets up a day late, and thinks he slept away Monday, January 29th … Oh No! Last night while traveling westward toward New Zealand we crossed the International Date Line.

Today, Day 38 of our cruise - January 29th, 2024 - NEVER HAPPENED! The calendar counter counted the day as happening - we totally missed it. It’s like we went through a black hole of time in the Pacific Ocean.

The ship had a nice party on the pool deck to “jump” over the Date Line.

Donna has been collecting magnets at each of our ports of call - here is a photo of the World Map and the magnets she has collected on our cruise so far.

Also, Meet “Fran, the Ladybug”.

The is a photo of my nightstand - Donna got us both little travel trays which have our names on it, a map, and the name and date of our cruise. It folds flat when in the suitcase, and is really helpful for organizing “the stuff” we carry in our pockets when we go to bed.Read more