Finally At Sea

    We are finally on our way to Florida. Actually we did not sail until nearly 3 pm. First it was the high winds. Then the fog rolled in then the thunderstorms. The port was closed by the authorities. There was nothing moving. We were the first in line to leave when the captain received permission to go. With nearly 950 miles to Lauderdale he will not be there until 3 in the afternoon. People are getting off there as well. I expect the 1000 or so people getting on will not be happy. We are still scheduled to leave there at 10pm. We did

Finally Leaving

find out that the delay in sailing was caused by bad weather in Denver. It was the same system that brought the storms here and to the Dallas area. We did learn that this the last Princes ship to sail out of Houston. Princess is not returning here next year. The fog and delays happen all the time. All the shop and casino have been closed and they ship was limited in the bars that they could keep open. Fewer shoppers, slotters and drinkers cuts into the profit margin.

     Although we have been alongside the ship activities have gone on. Most of the activities take place in the morning and early afternoon. Zumba class was at 9:30. It was not too hard but I can't believe that I can't do some of the bends! We then caught the last part of a lecture on the early automobile. This one concentrated on the development of the car in Europe going back 200 years. Interesting but the presenter needs a few pointers on presentation. We stayed for the enrichment lecture on Earthquake Mythology fact,fancy, fiction and old wives tales. A bit too much in depth but I assume he was laying the groundwork for other talks. It was mentioned there would be 14 more! Lunch and tea in the Atrium followed.

Rain

    After lunch we went to the Mardi Gras dance class. They are having a Mardi Gras Festival tonight (during dinner) in the Atrium. After watching the sail away, we dropped in on the line dance class but could not engage the Electric Slide and other similar dances. Then it was relax time for the res afternoon.

    The evening Princess theater show featured Jennifer Fair. The soprano put on a great show although the soprano has ab edge to it that gets to you after awhile, especially since she was alone. Dinner featured Italian night. The specially prepared pasta was loaded with garlic. It was very tasty. Finally we did drop in to the Mardi Gras event but it resembled all the other dance in the atrium events that we have seen before.

   We are steaming along quite fast. Houston did receive over a foot of rain while we were in port and there is lightening around again now.