Much going on, weather wise. A tropical depression had been forming ahead, which they had been watching for a few days now. They didn't think it would amount to much and so planned to sail on through it. That changed late yesterday. The tropical depression has strengthened to a tropical storm, strong enough to be given an official name. Hello Tropical Storm Polo. It's directly in our path, and it's decided that the safer course of action is to do like Odile, tur...

It's overcast but a humid 27 degrees outside today. The rocking of the ship we really find to be draining. I sleep ok but am still tired, and losing an hour due to time zone change doesn't help. I'm a pretty sound sleeper, so I guess I missed some action in the middle of the night. The closet has sliding doors on it which are held closed by velcro, but apparently gravity had a bit stronger pull last night and they woke Stacey with a bang as they would open a...

It's Sunday morning, it must be another sea day. Today was supposed to be a Cabo San Lucas port day. We were originally just going to go and wander and explore, so nothing too disappointing for us to miss since we had no solid plans anyway. We would later learn that Hurricane Odile has now strengthened to a category 4 hurricane, with wind speeds from 125 - 135 miles per hour. It has also shifted it's track. It was supposed to move west of Cabo San Lucas, but...

I finished blogging at 1am last night, just as the ship was starting to rock. That's not rock in a good way as in "where's the party, dude, I'm ready to rock!" I was done, so I crawled into bed to join Stacey who had fallen asleep around 11pm. The rocking got noticeablely worse around 4am, and a sudden lurch by the ship pushed Stacey enough to almost wake her out of sleep. The ship jerked and so did she, sending a sharp kick right into my shin. Ow! She has no me...

Only a little time for a very brief update. We're in San Diego at a Starbucks borrowing the free wifi. Humid and sunny here today, so the a/c of Starbucks is welcoming...for some of us. San Diego looks easy to get around in. Port is across the street from the main Santa Fe line train station, and the airport is visible, roughly a ten minute drive I'd say. Public transit trolly also beside the train station. They look red and shiny and new. Cruise from Vict...