brownblonde Posted October 28, 2012 #1401 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Thank you so much for taking the time to answer the questions I have asked. It is hard to read the writing for the daily compass unless it is me operating the computer. thanks again, enjoy the transit again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBumb Posted October 29, 2012 #1402 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Awesome journey so far. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 29, 2012 Author #1403 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Day 25 - Monday - 29 Oct 2012 - Transiting the Panama Canal Good Morning Everyone, Today is the Big Day! It is about 4:30 am local time as I write this post from my Command Center here on the Pool Deck. We are due at the western end of the Canal about 6 am. I have lots of photos to upload and my camera is all charged up for taking more photos today. More later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 29, 2012 Author #1404 Share Posted October 29, 2012 I shot this photo the other day on our way into Puerto Quetzal. You have to look close but the "black lump" in the distance is a whale who swam along with us for about 5 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves_Dogs Posted October 29, 2012 #1405 Share Posted October 29, 2012 GOOD MORNING TRAINMAN JIM! I had to sleep for work your last pass through the canal and missed it. I do not work tonight. Now I just have to find that link to the web-cam to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 29, 2012 Author #1406 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Its my vacation and I will do whatever I want to... The blue paint is the walkway along the side of the Pool Deck. This guy wanted a shady place so he pulled a chair into the shade and made everyone walk around him. When he left, he did not return the chair to its original place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 29, 2012 Author #1407 Share Posted October 29, 2012 WE had Roast Turkey for lunch in the Windjammer yesterday. If there were mashed potatoes and grave to go with it I couldn't find them, but the turkey was excellent. It was a real turkey they were carving from. Judith made a sandwich with hers and I ate mine with cranberry sauce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 29, 2012 Author #1408 Share Posted October 29, 2012 I found the kids play room yesterday but I didn't play with any of the toys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 29, 2012 Author #1409 Share Posted October 29, 2012 We had dinner in the Windjammer again last night. We have been there often enough on this leg of the cruise that we are starting to sit and converse with friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 29, 2012 Author #1410 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Not much of a sun set last night... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 29, 2012 Author #1411 Share Posted October 29, 2012 If any of you watch our transit on the web cams, please post up a few photos for me. I was unable to access the cams on our west bound transit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainman-2 Posted October 29, 2012 Author #1412 Share Posted October 29, 2012 That's all for now gang! More later as the internet systems permit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roscoegirl Posted October 29, 2012 #1413 Share Posted October 29, 2012 This is quite in informative thread...nice to 'live' the B2B life through you two!! Could you comment on what the vendors are charging for their souveniers? Just wondering how expensive the textiles/fabrics, etc are selling for... Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBumb Posted October 29, 2012 #1414 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Enjoy the canal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just The 3 Of Us Posted October 29, 2012 #1415 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Good morning, Trainman - enjoy the locks today!!! :) Barb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donamae Posted October 29, 2012 #1416 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Good Morning - The Gatun locks webcam shows it is VERY foggy right now. Hope it clears. dm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madra2112 Posted October 29, 2012 #1417 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Through the Bridge of the Americas, and approaching Miraflores Locks at a speed of 4.4 knots according to [url]www.marinetraffic.com[/url] Monitoring the Miraflores webcam - [url]https://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.html?cam=MirafloresHi[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nivek82 Posted October 29, 2012 #1418 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Loving your trip can't believe it's the last week already. Are you sure you weren't playing with those toys? Room looks rather messy for only 10 kids. :) As far as Mr "I want my chair where I want it". Looks like that would of been a good place to have a meeting of the (as you put it) evil smokers:p Have a good last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BecciBoo Posted October 29, 2012 #1419 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Here you come [IMG]http://i48.tinypic.com/2dketzo.png[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BecciBoo Posted October 29, 2012 #1420 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Easing her in: [IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/1z3xq34.png[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BecciBoo Posted October 29, 2012 #1421 Share Posted October 29, 2012 (edited) Almost in: [IMG]http://i46.tinypic.com/33ts3dl.png[/IMG] Edited October 29, 2012 by BecciBoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havana Daydreamin Posted October 29, 2012 #1422 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Was that "Mr. I Can Move My Chair Anywhere I Please" center forward on the rail? :D:D Just funnin! Hope you got a chance to get up to the front this time, Trainman! Hi Res webcam is next!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BecciBoo Posted October 29, 2012 #1423 Share Posted October 29, 2012 (edited) [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3]You know, Vision and others when you see them in the locks look soooo much more narrow and thin than they seem when you're on them![/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][SIZE=3]Seems to me they should have thought ahead 75 years or so when they constructed the canal, that ships just might get a little larger!!! Would have saved a lot of dough! Hope they are making the new ones way bigger!! These time lapses are fun if you've never seen them: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71SR0nqsxz0&feature=fvsr[/url] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_quhzVvK--Y&feature=related[/url] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz2rb1xrckI&feature=fvwrel[/url][/SIZE][/FONT] Edited October 29, 2012 by BecciBoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeck Posted October 29, 2012 #1424 Share Posted October 29, 2012 [quote name='Trainman-2']Generally we don't go to the shows. After dinner we head back to our cabin and relax on the balcony before bed time. I am 68 and Judith is ?? and we usually are in bed early. I am an early riser and Judith is not. She usually reads long after I go to bed. The Compasses I have been posting list the shows and tell a bit about the performers. Listening to those who have gone most of them were well liked. We normally don't care who the Cruise Director is. We entertain ourselves and enjoy watching others participate in the activities on the pool deck. He is listed in the "Faces" sheet I posted up yesterday. On the first leg of out B-2-B we went to the MDR every night. There is much more variety in the Windjammer at night than in the MDR. Some nights we have gone to the MDR and had the appetizers and visited with our table mates then headed up to the Windjammer. We have dressed up for 3 formal nights so far and tonight is another Formal Night so we will be in the Windjammer again tonight. It is more relaxed. The wait and cabin staff's primary income is from our tips. That is the way it is! We always pre-pay the tips as recommended by RCI. On the first 14 night leg we gave our Table Waiter $50 extra and the Assistant $20 Extra. We gave our Cabin attendant $20 extra last time and will probably give him $50 this time. He has really gone out of his way to take care of us. We both have Coke Packages but we always tip with a US $1 coin on the Pool Deck and in the Windjammer when they bring us a drink. They know me well now and check with me every time they walk by my "command center" here on the pool deck. Tipping a few hundred dollars extra is peanuts compared to the cost of our cruise. These people have worked hard to please us and "taking care of them" is, in our opinion, the right thing to do.[/QUOTE] Couldn't agree more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BecciBoo Posted October 29, 2012 #1425 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Outa the way please: [IMG]http://i45.tinypic.com/34ee3uq.png[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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