DAY 43---AT SEA OFF BAJA CALIFORNING

 LOTS OF GREAT PHOTOS ON THIS POST:  KREW KAPERS---DINNER---BLAZING BOOTS.

        Yellow arrow shows our noon position just 250 miles for LA.  Some passing rain showers and ocean is getting a little rougher and the Captain during his noon PA said it will be getting a lot rougher around sunset this evening with 10 foot swells and 45 knot winds.

LAST NIGHT:

Very busy evening and lots of fun.  As a result I took lots of photos.  Again, to get full value click on the first one.  They should all appear at the bottom of your screen.  Then you can click on the first on to enlarge it and easily arrow through the rest of them.

First stop after a 5:30 cocktail in our suite was 6pm for the Krew Kappers Show.  Definitely one of the best crew shows we have seen.  Jeff loved it.

Traditional "Splish Splash" number

                                               John, deck hand, has a incredible voice.

                                                        She is doing a Vietnamese dance.

                                                             A beautiful Balinese dance

      Yes, Elvis was in the house!!  He is a legend in his own mind but the audiences love it.

                                                                              Hip Hop

                                                  John singing as this is closing number

     Crew representing all the different departments receiving applause from the audience.

                                                       Kappers cast taking final bow.

Off to dinner in Compass Rose after the fantastic show.  I stopped in the Mariner Lounge on the way to have Sergii, head bartender, make me a Manhattan.

They did come up with escargot for us as promised.  Dara said others were wondering why they couldn't get it.  We decided it came from Chartreuse as the garlic butter had some minced onions in it.

                                         My last Caesar for this cruise with my 5 anchovies.

                                                Delicious beef Wellington for the three of us.

                                       Jeff & I had this pecan pie cheesecake.  Very yummy!

                                  Front row, left side seats for Blazing Boots production show.

                                     Blazing Boots is our favorite of all the production shows.

It was the production cast's last show as they will head home Thursday after 5 months on the ship.

Raised orchestra box next to us were the orchestra drummer and two guitar players to add to the shows soundtrack.  We spoke to them after the show and thanked them for great music.

TODAY:

Up at 7:15 again as usual.  Went to coffee connection to get our double shot Americanos from Rommel.  Siva brought our breakfast at 8:00.  I decided to have some today also.

                                                    Organized chaos with packing day.

        Packing is stressful for me.  Making sure all bags weigh less than 50 pounds.  We started packing at 10am and was not quite finished before we went to Compass Rose for lunch.  Didn't take long to mostly finish after returning.  Bags weigh 48, 46, and 44 but we will add a little more after returning from dinner tonight to add those clothes.  What we will be wearing off the ship tomorrow is hanging in the closet.  We are supposed to have our checked bags (we have 3 and Jeff 1) outside our suite door by 11pm.

                                                              Tags to put on our luggage.

        Jeff and I went down to print our boarding passes for tomorrow's flights.  All checked in.  All three of us have flights out of Long Beach airport.  Jeff on Southwest direct to Sacramento.  We are on the 11:53 am flight to Phoenix.  Sit there until 5:45 for our flight on to Durango.  We will arrive there at 8pm and Melissa, our neighbor, will pick up us.

        We will have a private van (Titanium benefit) from the pier to LGB.  I have arranged for Jeff to go with us in it.  The ship is to docked by 7am and they are planning to start disembarking process by 7:30.

We will be in the first group called to disembark.  Everyone will have to clear with Customs/Border Protection prior to leaving the ship.  This is planned to take place in the theater.  Once cleared we will go right off, collect our luggage, and hop in the van.  We should be at the airport at least 3 hours prior to our flight.  YUK!  Going to be a long day!    Setting our alarm clocks for a 5:30 get up.  Room service breakfast.

        We're planning cocktail hour in our suite at 5:30.  We'll be having our "Last Supper" up in Sette Mari at 6:30 with Skinny as our waiter.  Rey has arranged veal parm for me and chicken parm for Jeff.  Rebecca is having a  pasta.

        The comedian is having his second show at 9:30 in the theater but we will not be attending again. Early get up!!

        At 3pm Gail rang the door bell and needed to secure our balcony furniture for the expected rough seas and wind later.  I have already put a scopolamine patch behind my ear.  Rebecca plans to wear wrist bands (acupuncture) tonight.

        There will be one more post but not until Friday sometime as tomorrow is a long travel day for us.

It certainly has been fun having Jeff with us these last 9 days.  I know he enjoyed it also.