Thursday - 12 February 2015 - On Board Statendam

We turned the clocks back last night another hour -- we are now on Pacific Standard Time.   At 6:00 am I'm walking.  As I meet Phil for breakfast with my place all set with water -- the daily program and newspaper -- I wondered what will happen when we get home --- I think I know.

Today will be a "getting ready to disembark day" and thinking about our week in California.   After packing and writing for several hours -- I decide to attend Wallis's  session on San Diego even though we aren't staying there.   I learned things I did not know about the California Gold Rush in 1849 -- just one year before California became a state in 1850 -- and that the oldest Otis elevator has resided in the Hotel Coronado since 1888.   I'll miss her talks -- she is very good.

The day starts to drag in the late afternoon --- seems like 8:00pm will never arrive.

Dinner is festive with an international menu to celebrate the multi-nationalities of the crew --  and a parade of wait staff providing a very nice finale to this cruise.

The Statendam -- Fort Lauderdale

The cruise log delivered to our stateroom has the following statistics for the Statendam:

  

On this voyage 1211 passsengers were served by 574 crew members --- we used 500 tons of potable water per day.    Our voyage consumed 65 tons of fuel per day to travel the 4,556 nautical miles.

This portion of our trip is over -- but the next chapter starts tomorrow.

Thanks for Reading!

Pat

The Statendam!