Highlights: Rough Seas in the Drake - Some down time due to the seas - Juggling dinner in the rough seas!
We slept until 9:30 am with the curtains closed since we had gone to be so late. Had coffee - breakfast was finished - and we went to see the 5th chapter of Life in the Freezer. This version was about the middle of winter in the depth of the Antarctic continent. So interesting.
We had hot bouillon in the Club and then I went to try to organize my stacks of clothes in our stateroom and start packing for our return to the US. Helena had loaned us a book on Norway and one on Lake Tahoe so I looked at those too. She has invited us to come visit her in Norway.
We had lunch and then went for a much needed nap. At 3 pm, they showed March of the Penguins on the in cabin television network so we watched that. We went for afternoon team and cookies and watched the rocking seas. Getting much stronger and rougher. So much power out there in the seas.
After we watched a movie made about a 1929 sailing around Cape Horm. Two men washed overboard never to be found. Another amazing human feat. Afterwards I was feeling "squeemish" so I went to the cabin and laid down for a while. We are near Cape Horm and these are the roughest seas yet - reknown for being the roughest seas in the world. The sea waves are incredible - so powerful and beautiful. I'm thrilled to be experiencing this. The ship is listing heavily to starboard. Everything in our room has fallen off the counters and under the bed and everywhere. Even the life vests fell off of the wall.
Tim went to hear a recitation of the poem "The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner" - Yawn - and I slept trying to feel a little better since I was still squeemish. We went for one drink before dinner and then had dinner with Ralph and Jim. The ship was rolling so I had silverware and other things in my lap much of the dinner since I was sitting on the starboard side of the ship. It was hard to eat and drink. But we had a good dinner and TIm shared some of the puns that our friend in PA, Ric Morris, had shared with us. The best was the "super calloused fragile mystic hexed by hallitosis" description of Mohatma Ghandi. Everyone loved it. I liked "Only Hugh can prevent florist friars". We went to the bar and Tim recited most of the10 puns which were greeted with lots of "Ugh's"!!!
I had a Ramazotti to settle my stomach and we watched the seas and the cormorants flying behind the ship. Amazing birds all of the way out at sea. Tim insisted on reading more puns at the bar and these were also met with more "Ughs"! We had a couple of drinks and then went to bed. we'll be beyond Cape Horm shortly and the seas should settle down. We should arrive in Ushuaia by noon tomorrow.
As we go to bed the seas are now 25 - 30 feet tall and the winds are almost hurricane force at 72 miles per hour. Rockin' and Rolling!
Larry and Tim
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