Author: Deb Ulvilden-Anderson

November 7 Day 27 This is a great question. We are here. We are in the Sargasso Sea.   Latitude 39° 33.55’N Longitude 49° 40.94’W We are sailing across the North Atlantic.  Every day has been sunny and warm.  Like swimming, shorts wearing days. We are in the Azores time zone,  which is 6 hours ahead…
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Hello!  Day 1 at sea  Nap. Day 2… No not really.  But yes, it is Day 2 of 5 at sea, as I write this. November 6, Day 27. Almost a full moon. Observations abound wandering the ship.  In Miami and New York, we acquired at least 3 women who have decided to augment their…
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We are waiting in a looooong line to take a little boat into Newport, RI.  I did just drop an F bomb a little too loudly….I mean it was funny, but… Our last stop in the US.   Last day of internet till Nov 10th. We have a package of things to mail home. So the…
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It’s a wonderful town. Caught a little sunrise. We got to meet up with my pal from college days.  John and I went to SPU together. We were sharing some stories and he remembered that we were in a few musicals together. One was an epic  (read horrible) musical called ” Ride! Ride!” about John…
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Hi! I realized that I haven’t posted this leg’s itinerary.  The Second 20 Days: There was a change in the itinerary here.  No stop in Bermuda.  An added stop in Newport, RI.  No reason given, its a secret, just not doing it.  So we will have 5 days at sea before we stop in the…
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I was writing a letter to my pal, Nono, and realized there are some stories I haven’t shared here…weird.  I feel like I’m talking all the time! In San Salvador we had 15 free minutes before the bus left. Of course we ran for coffee.  We entered this great air conditioned place with my future…
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Well, we need to chat a little more about this day long Panama Canal experience. It is full of surprises.  The locks are fascinating. We got up close and personal with them in our room.  It was disconcerting. It was so creepy. There are dead people in there. I’m sure of it. Then we spent…
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Day 17, 10/27/22 “The World’s Greatest Shortcut” is the title of our daily agenda. We are traversing the Panama Canal.  We just went through Lock#2 , Milleflores.   We started the journey through at 7 AM, and will complete it at 3:30 PM – projected. This is our 6:30 AM view Here is the first lock…
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Tony pointed out that I should write about the days “at Sea”. Maybe I should take pictures of the ship? The last day at sea we were in the fitness center ( yay for us) ellipting and looking out the window and suddenly we passed a pod of dolphins swimming and jumping in the water. …
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Day 15! And we get to stop in the most beautiful place in the world. Costa Rica.  The King of Patience was here today… We toured the Botanical Gardens. But on the way our guide spotted this cute guy and stopped for a photo op.  He was so busy! We were here in 2018, I…
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