Blog software insists on a location and picture, but since I have no location in the ocean, I'm just leaving it as Victoria for now. Picture will have to be a small jpeg to save bandwith since ship internet is expensive. Slept in today. The boat was rocking earlier, but it's calmed a bit with the wind shifting toward being a tailwind, speeding the boat as well. Over 8000 feet of water below us as we are somewhere near Oregon averaging 22 knots. 1 knot = 1.85 km ...

Stacey, being all gung-ho and all decided that she was gonna try to do the evil "E" word, which she hates to even mention, while on this cruise...Exercise! So, she got up to a 5:25am alarm and was out the cabin door by 5:45am for a brisk 4 lap walk on the Deck 4 running track. 3 Laps around = 1 mile. I think she managed 3 laps before she got turned back by maintenance workers who had blocked off part of the track. Points for effort! I was surprised she did...

Didn't get as much sleep as we liked last night. Visiting with family and excitement (or anxiety?) took care of that. After an earlier wake up than I think anyone really wanted, sorry mom and dad Phillips, we headed out to finish a few errands. Said our goodbyes to Jaimie and Tyson, and after a quick breakie break with said early rising parents, headed towards downtown. One final stop to pick up some Euros for an upcoming cruise, and we arrived at the port at...