Wednesday, May 7, 2008

CROSSING THE EQUATOR

We are going to Cross the Equator tonight (May 5th) at around 6:00 pm. I learned something I didn’t know today. The weather is horrible today rain and high winds and we are in what is called the “the trough” – which means that there is a northeast wind pulling on us as well as southwest wind because of the equator and they call that the “trough” rather interesting I thought. The ship will be having a “Crossing the Line” ceremony tomorrow at 2 pm so as not to interfere with dinner – heaven forbid we miss dinner.

LOL Sam and I seriously “fooded” out. Last night we had a hamburger in the cabin – it was heaven!!!
Yesterday was a beautiful day sunny and warm and we did NOTHING and didn’t feel a bit guilty about it. Today it is raining so not sure what are plans are.

May 6th – The Crossing the Line Party – well what can I really say about this???

This “party” takes place at the pool and you get chocolate sauce, ketchup, mustard, jello and all sorts of other food slimed all of you. I understand the tradition of becoming a pollywog but honestly it is a bit disgusting. Needless to say they have to drain the pool once they are done. Combine this with about 2,000 people crowding around trying see. Got the picture. The good news is we get a certificate saying we crossed the equator. We chose not to be slimed (go figure).

Sam and Char

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