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It is midnight in the North Atlantic and we be rockin’ and a rollin’ BIG time. Mr. Saari, it is a good thing you took that tub out into the Pacific! A lot of the experienced cruisers are saying this is the roughest trip they have been on in a LONG time. Thank God for Mr. patch… they do work well. Better for me than for Carol, but they do work. Without them it would be a LONG two weeks! We are getting swells abeam again, and although the skies are partly clear and the moon is shining over the sea, it REALLY is rough again this evening and tonight. Force Nine cross winds and 12 – 15 foot seas. I was just on the balcony and had to hang on pretty tight. The water looks really cold and I am not in the mood for a late-night swim, as our cabin is about 70 feet above the waterline. Welcome to the North Atlantic in late October. I am sitting at the desk in the stateroom writing this while trying to hang onto the computer and keep my ass in the chair at the same time.
Sunday we left you all a message about the updated blog in Corner Brook, Newfoundland. Bottom line, although it is a very nice little Company Town for the huge paper mill there, ain’t much going on. We took a shuttle to the Mall trying to find wireless hotspot, and you would have thought we were from another planet. Most of the stores there did not open until Noon as it was Sunday. Carol looked like Sherlock Holmes, walking all over town with her Crackberry looking for wireless. You can see the photos at our Corner Brook photo album located on Google Picasa Photos. Also we have created another album that will showcase the spectacular Fall Colors. This album will be located at and will have a collection of Fall Colors photos we will be taking from Corner Brook throughout New England. The colors are spectacular so make sure you check them out!Finally, SUCCESS. We found a very nice little local coffee shop called Brewed Awakening, where we worked on the blog, our photos and answered emails while bullshitting with the locals for a few hours. We had a completely wonderful time and met some very nice people, who are really excited to talk with us about where we are from and all we are doing. Imagine living in a town of about 2,000 people, and having 3,000 visitors drop in on a Sunday morning for the day. Also met two of the bigger stars of the ship’s acting company and shared some fun with them. They were looking for the same wireless hot spot we were so they could stay in touch with their families and friends, so we learned from them where all of the free wireless places are until we reach the United States (and Starbucks…!). Really, really nice kids, and extremely talented as well. We saw their Rock n’ Roll entertainment show late tonight. The ship is amazing with respect to entertainment and the quality of the food. Any night of the week you can go and enjoy Las Vegas caliber entertainment (we understand a lot of these folks move between here, Vegas, Reno and “Off-Broadway” all year to earn a living) in about 10-12 different venues. They also have a Jumbotron on the upper deck that has these ass-kicking speakers and they show first run movies and concerts every night. Kinda slow up there this week, however, as I don’t think people could stay in their chairs because of the rough seas. I was up there wolfing down a late pizza last night and there were like three people out there with me.
Anyway, we found a beautiful nature Park and hiked about four miles to shoot Fall colors, and then walked back to the ship. We sailed right on time. Once we broke the harbor limit into the Gulf of Saint Laurence the shit hit the fan. For those of you that are navigators we are just SSW of Saint George’s Island steaming a course of 200 degrees, according to the nav information I am watching as I write this.
We have met some folks who have become friends with us. They are about our ages and own an art gallery in Ft. Lauderdale. We went to dinner and to a couple of shows with them tonight, and were going to close out the night dancing to this ass-kicking blues and rock band they have on-board, but it just got too rough to stand up or walk. I figured it was time to knock off the Jack and sevens as well….
Until the next update I am off to bed.
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