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17 April Sea Day Sixteen Easter Services and Trivia Victory
The morning started off with Easter Services in the Aula with a grey ski and ocean in the background. It was a nice service with 50 to 60...

eylarson
Apr 17, 20222 min read
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16 April Sea Day Fifteen Balloon Away Trivia Win for the Men
Karla up and out the door for today’s 0730 weather balloon launch. Many more people on deck seven than the last time. Lots of interest...

eylarson
Apr 16, 20222 min read
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15 April Sea Day Fourteen Good Friday Services
A typical sea day routine. Gym, Karla did laundry, and Trivia. We had a nice Good Friday Service in The Hide, the most people ever for a...

eylarson
Apr 15, 20221 min read
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14 April San Juan, Puerto Rico Raices crowded
We opted to not do any of the activities offered as we’ve been to San Juan a few times. Had a crazy morning with immigration. Well...

eylarson
Apr 15, 20222 min read
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13 April Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands Where the USD Is King
Yes here we are in the BVI where the local currency is the USD. Not that it matters too much. This was a tender port i.e. we didn’t...

eylarson
Apr 14, 20222 min read
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12 April, St Barts, VI Catamaran and Another Sub Delay
We had a wonderful experience sailing on a catamaran on Colombier Bay, Gustavia St. Barts, VI. A late couple caused a delay and reduced...

eylarson
Apr 14, 20222 min read
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11 April St Kitts-Nevis Special Ops Boat Thrills
Beautiful day in St Kitts, blue sky, puffy clouds. Unlike ocean ships where an intercom announcement in your room was rare and almost...

eylarson
Apr 12, 20222 min read
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10 April Soufrière, St Lucia Climbing the Mountain
A beautiful sunny day on this Palm Sunday. This was a tender port so after room service with salmon, cream cheese an English Muffin and...

eylarson
Apr 11, 20222 min read
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9 April Bridgetown, Barbados, Rick, the negotiator
Having been to Barbados before, we opted out of the included Viking tours. Rick went to the gym for a quick workout while I worked on...

eylarson
Apr 11, 20223 min read
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8 April Land Ho! Barbados and A Submarine Voyage
We arrived in Bridgetown, Barbados at noon, so the first part of the morning was our usual, Zoom church, gym and breakfast. Barbados...

eylarson
Apr 11, 20222 min read
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7 April Sea Day Thirteen We Are The Champions!!!
And the trivia champions are— THE BOYS!!!!! A convincing two-point victory. What actor entered a look-a-like contest in Monaco and...

eylarson
Apr 8, 20222 min read
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6 April Sea Day Twelve Pedicure and Barbados Preview
Trivia today and the boys tied it up to make tomorrow’s day a play for the championship. How high is the Eiffel Tower in meters? There...

eylarson
Apr 8, 20222 min read
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5 April Sea Day Eleven How Expeditions Work
Today was very busy for a sea day. I went to the weather balloon launch. We had humidity, high winds and rain. The other launch I...

eylarson
Apr 6, 20222 min read
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4 April Sea Day Ten Science Trivia
Kind of a lazy morning. Some gym time for Rick. I took advantage of an early morning and did the laundry. No one else in sight and the...

eylarson
Apr 6, 20221 min read
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3 April Sea Day Nine What makes us go?
Today was a busy Sunday with gym, lectures, trivia and a church service. The first lecture was by the ship’s Chief Engineer. Jonny...

eylarson
Apr 4, 20222 min read
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2 April Sea Day Eight Creatures of the Dark
Ah Saturday, get to sleep in late. If only we could. Karla is usually up by 6 and I’m hard pressed to make it past 7. We headed for...

eylarson
Apr 3, 20222 min read
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1 April Sea Day Seven Up, Up, And Away
Today we gathered on Deck Seven to launch the weekly weather balloon. If you were to look at the deck plan for Octantis you won’t see a...

eylarson
Apr 2, 20222 min read
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31 March Sea Day Number Six Hard to Top Yesterday
A very calm sea last night. At one point I thought we had stopped. We’ve traveled 1,000 of 4,000 nautical miles since leaving Montevideo....

eylarson
Apr 1, 20221 min read
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30 March Sea Day Number Five, Isotopes and What They Teach Us
A very rocky night last night. Karla saw a wave hit out forth deck window. I slept through it all. As mentioned so glad we can...

eylarson
Mar 31, 20224 min read
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29 March Sea Day Number Four, Dinner With The Captain
We’re off on a 10 sea days’ excursion to Barbados. I think the remaining days will be repetitious. Placing our saliva samples outside...

eylarson
Mar 30, 20223 min read
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8 May The Trip Home
Except for a delay in getting checked in at United was uneventful. For some reason the agent could see our reservation, to include...
May 10, 20221 min read


6 May Milwaukee, WI Ending in an Industrial Port—Great Tour
Kind of a weird day to finish on. We arrive in Milwaukee at Noon, so had a number of sea-day and/or afternoon activities in the morning....
May 10, 20222 min read


5 May Mackinac, Michigan Horses and A Fort
We lucked out again with another crisp, clear day. Temperatures in the 40s and very little wind. Tenders were about 30 minutes late...
May 5, 20222 min read
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