A Nice Little Town Called Albany...

Monday, February 23. Perfect weather. Full sun. 22 C. 

We had a rough night but it ended up like a Mill Pond. It looks like a nice sized settlement, I use that term because there is serious business going on in the area but not to the point of ruining the place with messiness. Maybe that is the Australian way though. I would say that the Aussies are a bit better at keeping things neat and tidy, even in a messy business, it is just their way it seems to me.

We walked off the ship around 9:00 and took the shuttle to town, a seven minute ride. In a nutshell folks, we walked our buts off, again!

This is turning to be a bit of an embarrassment to me. Fellette says she is 95% better. I am now the one that has to 'recover'. Recover from what though? My hernia wait of six months set me back, then the recovery from that, a bit. But, in the last few weeks on board I have discovered that my body is beginning to feel like it is 90! That is disappointing. I don't over drink, or over eat, we eat simple and as much home-grown and healthy foods as we can. The food on the ship can be over salty and oversweet, but I/we have found ways to minimize that. Nope, I am fearful that at this point it is going to be a struggle to keep Father Time at bay. I know that I will have a better chance at home though.

We enjoyed the walk up and through this neat place called Albany. It turned into a grind for me though but that is why my body needs to get back in shape. I noticed that Fellette snuck in an afternoon nap today, something that she does not normally do, so I thinks she was feeling the workout a bit as well.

I for one am quite enjoying  Australia and talking to its people, they seem to be just a very pleasant bunch of people. Sure there are some rough ones, like anywhere. By the way, Captain George Vancouver came by Albany, notably, in 1791.

We have two days at sea before we hit Adelaide which is a very nice and civilized place to visit, at which point we will be 60% of the way through the cruise, or 40% of the way to go. Going by the weather at home, we are liable to be in a drought situation by the time we get home!

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Announcement: Tonight we move our clocks FORWARD one hour. We have another 1 1/2 hours to go in advancing our clocks before we hit Adelaide. Glad to see us sailing fully Eastward to the Pacific Ocean, and home!

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A Very Good Day.

5:30 am start!

Sailing in a bit later.

After lunch.

From the ship.

In town, another neat and tidy place.

Just feels good here.

Yup.