John and Robin's Vacation: Day 6

At Sea with a Detour to Cabo San Lucas

The plan for the day was to do nothing and we pretty near pulled it off. Thank goodness the elevator guy didn’t decide to to nothing. He did his job.

The morning started slow and lazy when the Captain came over the announcement system saying we were going to make a slight detour to Cabo San Lucas. Apparently there was a medical emergency on board and the closest port was Cabo. So we made a right turn and headed to Cabo so that the passenger could be taken to a local hospital. The whole process was pretty fast. We pulled in to the harbor, a boat pulled up along side,they wheeled the person off on a gurney and we were on our way home again. In all it probably took less than 30 – 45 minutes. BTW, we’re wondering who pays the port fees? Anyone know how that works in an emergency?

So once again we got a nice view of Cabo.

When we were here on Tuesday, we were the only cruise ship. This time when we pulled in, there were already two ships anchored and in the process of shuttling people ashore.


A Celebrity Cruise Ship	A Crystal Cruise Ship

While all this was happening, John played Bingo for the first and last time. The bingo caller, Ricky Ricardo was either calling Bingo for the first time ever or he was having a very bad day. After the first game he had trouble explaining the second game (around the corner), after he tried, someone else tried and confused things even more. They finally gave up and switched to another game which he also failed to explain very well. At this point I left John there but as John tells it, Ricky actually called the wrong number at one point causing a great deal of commotion, in fact John said the place erupted. Needless to say John’s not going to play again on this trip.

After I left John and Ricky Ricardo, I decided to take some pictures of some really interesting art work so that I could share.


A Stack of Dinner Plates	A Stack of Coffee Cups


Plates	More Plates


Colored Pencils	Close-up of Pencils

I’ll look for more interesting art work to photograph on Saturday.

Before dinner we decided to go the the Ice Show. It’s amazing what these skaters are able to do on such a small ice rink.

There were a total of 10 skaters but with all the costume changes you would have thought there were more. We had fun watching them.

When we first signed up for this cruise, they asked if there was a special occasion. I’m sure it was noted on all the records (someone actually wished us a happy anniversary last Sunday) but our anniversary came and went without anyone saying or doing anything. Finally last night, we got this.

Oh well, a few days late but at least it was something and it was chocolate.

It used to be that we got a different towel animal in our room every night. I guess things have changed and they only do it a few times during a cruise, but last night we got a monkey.

Our cabin attendant is very nice but I think she needs a little work on her towel animals.