Wednesday, April 11 to Sunday April
15, 2015
These
five sea days will have us cruising 2,500 miles from Luanda, Angola to Banjul,
Gambia. As I write this it is Sunday and we are experiencing the same calm seas
that have accompanied us up the whole western coast of Africa.
On
April 12th at 11:20 PM we crossed the intersection of the Equator
and the Prime Meridian. This is Latitude 00:00:00 and Longitude 00:00:00. This
is truly a neat experience for us. The Crow’s Nest was full of passengers when
we arrived. There was no way we would be able to see the GPS display for the
junction. We adjourned to our cabin and watched this on the ship’s bridge
channel. It was a fleeting moment as we were traveling 10 miles per hour at the
time. My screen shot shows 00:00:01 and 00:00:01. Close enough.
On
another night we were awakened at 3:55 AM by the ship’s alarm. The officer of the
deck announced that smoke detectors and fire suppression systems had been
activated in the incinerator room. We did not need to do anything at this time.
Crew response teams had been dispatched to the area. 15 minutes later the
captain announced that the fire had been put out, and he encouraged us to
return to sleep. We did.
On
Friday and Saturday Alice did an admirable job of packing 2 of our suitcases
with items we have collected and clothes we no longer need. That is100 pounds
down. We still have 2 suitcases and 2 carry-ons to go. And we have 2 weeks to
do it. We have decided to ship three bags home via FedEx. This will save a lot
of grief at the airports and allow for a greater weight than the airline does. It also assures that the bags we take will fit in the trunk
of the taxi at O’Hare. They tend to use Prius cabs with inadequate trunks.
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