Glen and Kathy are getting ready for our next big adventure:
Due to a medical issue (nothing critical), we will be leaving the ship and ending our cruise in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Update:
Everything is fine. After spending 2 weeks in Honolulu, we flew home to Houston.
Monday Jan 8, 2024
Due to unforeseen circumstance's, I am suspending posts on this blog. I will give an update later.
Another cloudy day here, though first thing there was an opening in the clouds and I saw the moon but no sunrise to be seen .
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| The moon was visible before sunrise time |
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| No sun visible this morning |
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| The crew sets up all the lounge chairs and tables every morning after the deck is washed to remove the salt spray. |
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| One of my favourite views of the sea. |
Our first day at sea was a rough one. We had 30+ mph winds and a 12-15 ft swell. They had most of the outside decks closed off and some of the activities were cancelled. There wasn't much of a sunrise and no sign of the sun at sunset time. The winds subsided some later in the day at it was not as rocky into the evening.
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| Rough seas today |
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| This ships atrium artwork piece |
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| The casino |
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| Gray skies at sunset time. |
The day of our departure on our Grand Australia and New Zealand cruise. I was up early to watch the Volendam come into port from is previous cruise to Mexico. We boarded after lunch at the ship sailed at 5
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| Volendam comes into view |
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| Approaching the cruise terminal |
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| View to the ship from our hotel. |
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| Our hotel from the ship after we boarded |
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| The other side to the B-Street cruise terminal pier with the USS Midway in the background |
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| Sunset approaching |
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| The have disconnected to on shore power cables |
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| Colorful clouds as sunset approaches |
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| View of cruise terminal and city after we sailed away |
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| We sailed past the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier |
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| Passing one of the Naval Helicopter Squadron's at the Naval Air station on North Island |
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| leavin San Diego |
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| Runway lights at the Naval Air Station |
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| Point Loma |
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| Last lights of San Diego skyline |
We arrived in San Diego about noon on New Years Day. Once we go to our hotel we went for a walk along the harbor front which is across the street from out hotel.
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| View of the cruise terminal from our hotel. This is where we will board the Volendam Wednesday afternoon |
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| The steel hulled "Star of India" is part of a maritime museum |
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| The USS Midway is now a museum |
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| A view along the Embarcadero - The waterfront area path along the waterfront |
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| A seal lion |
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| We went on this tour tuesday afternoon |
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| our vehicle - borth a boat and a bus |
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| We saw sea lions, pelicans,gulls and cormorant's. |
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| A US Navy - submarine base |
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| Th navy destroyer entering the harbor |
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| A pretty sunset tonight |
