Today is the last day of our cruise, actually two cruises. Of course, we took advantage of another sea day and slept in, trying to catch up on our sleep, and maybe get ahead before we have to get up at 5:00 AM tomorrow for Disembarkation.
It was another sunny morning when we finally got going at about 8:30 AM. I was actually up earlier trying to catch up on the blog posts and photo albums. Unfortunately, we were not able to add photos to the post write-ups, it just takes too much time to reduce the photo size, and upload them to the server to post into the blogs. The photos are usually the same as the larger ones in the photo albums, but they have captions and go with the write-ups. This is the first time we just did not have the time, or possibly the dedication to get it done. It always seemed like we were playing catch up.
Of course, it was breakfast in the buffet again today, and then we wondered around the ship while the room was being cleaned. We went to the lowest deck, Deck 7, and then to the stern of the ship just to watch the ocean pass by behind the ship. It is a calm and hot day, and with the breeze going in the same direction as the ship, causing it to be very still out on deck.
We put on our sunscreen and went back up to the pool deck to sit in the sun. It was painfully hot, and we had to go sit in the pool a few times to cool off.
After lunch in the buffet, we went back to the room to make some refreshments to take out to the pool. We also took some water to quench out thirst and to hydrate, we were soaked in sweat from the heat, and no breeze.
There was another “flare” show at the Seaview Bar, and we went to watch our bartender friends perform for the last time. We were able to get a couple of free drinks made during the show just like last time, they took care of us again in the beverage department.
We went back up and sat in our chairs on the pool deck and watched a movie on the large outdoor screen. When the movie was over, it was time for us to go back to the room, shower and get ready for Catholic Mass at 5:15 PM. We had talked with the Deacon about adding an intercessory prayer during the prayers of the faithful portion of the mass for all of the persons in South Carolina impacted by the flooding. We wrote up our own request, it was a joint effort, we both took turns with editing until we got something we both liked. The reading of the request for prayer during Mass was very moving, the Deacon mentioned that we were from South Carolina as a lead in before he read the prayer. Mass was nice, the priest was very funny, but in a sincere manner.
After Mass, we went back to the room to finish our packing that we had started last night. It seemed like we should have a lot of extra room in our suitcases, we had consumed a lot of the bulk we had brought on, but somehow, the space seems to disappear somewhere along the way. With 95% of the packing complete, except for the clothes we were wearing tonight, we headed to dinner in the buffet. It was good, there was some fried shrimp, and other items that we had not eaten so far on the cruise.
After dinner, we went down to the Vines Wine Bar to say goodbye to the bartenders there. There was an Oktoberfest party getting started, but we opted to head back to the room to watch some college football before retiring for the evening. With a 5:00 AM wake up call tomorrow, we wanted to get a good night’s sleep, especially with the long drive home tomorrow.
We hope everyone (or anyone) enjoyed reading along. We will update the post once we get home and process more photos to add to the write-ups.
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