Friday, August 15, 2008

Aug 11 Molokine and 13 fools in an elevator

We have made a habit of having breakfast outside at the aloha grill. I like that they have an omlette station outside and you can't beat the view. Today's event was a snorkel at Molokini with Val, Joe Rachel and Leah. Since the was an NCLA excursion, the busses were ready and waiting. The ride to molokine was uneventfull. The snorkeling was amazing. There were anglefish the size of dinner places. There were also five boats just as crowded as ours. some folks had never been in the water and some really didn't want to be. Sort of like snorkeling in a parking lot.

The wind started coming up at the next stop "turtle town". For the first time in my life I was seasick. It was safer off the boat and in the water. I was rewarded by seeing a couple of turutles. BTW giner is a great seasickness cure, works almost immediately.

After the requist visit to the gift shoup we got back just in time for hula lessons. Val and I danced with Joe and Andy watched (sorry gang no U-tube for this one) forme there it was Kokio nut lei making class. I like free (or a ship that charges $12 for a martini). The hawaiian ambassdors are far and away the best part of the shipboard experience.

It was dress up or not night. We opted to dress and the two families had dinner together. Again OK service less than OK food.

After dinner Andy and I went to show. Six people singing Andrew Lloyd Weber songs with various degress of success. From there it was the not so newlywed game. Steve volunteered all his married friends. Jamie and Jenn were selected from the fools group. We now know alot more about them. So does the whole ship as the program was reboardcast all the next day on ship TV. We all piled into an elevator and headed to the coffe bar for more chat before calling it a night.

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