December 3, 2024 – Tuesday Day 69 of this journey
Sail the Drake Passage, Again
The Drake is definitely rock and roll.
Today, we begin to pack our bags. It is always with mixed feelings. We are ready to go home because it is time, but we would have been very happy exploring more of the Last Continent, the White Continent.
Since packing bags means being on your feet and continually moving around the cabin as you gather things, it’s exhausting when the ship is constantly throwing you off balance. I can’t imagine what the Drake Shake must be like.
The first thing
we had to do this morning was to place our boots and our waterproof pants
outside our cabin door. The staff will be gathering them between 7:00 am and
10:00 am. There are numerous activities that are offered, but we’ve done almost
all of them and don’t find a need to attend.
By the end of
the day we have a good start on the packing and at 4:00 pm we were invited to
the Aula as one of “The 38” to have a group photo taken. We were asked to wear
our red jackets and our Panama Hats. We don’t have Panama Hats because that
happened during our overland excursion to Machu Picchu. We hope to get a copy
of the picture.
From the photo shoot, we went up to the Explorer’s Lounge to have a cocktail. Russ had his usual and I had an espresso martini. Very good! From there we went down to the Aula as the Captain was having his farewell reception. The Captain is quite the character and reviewed the voyage with humorous and serious photos. Then played a video montage that we wish we could have a copy of. (We asked, the answer was "no" due to all the photos of passengers – so privacy issues.)
The reception
closed with Johnny (entertainment manager) singing the Beatles song “You get by
with a little help from your friends” and every available staff member
streaming into the Aula and up the two staircases. We knew so many of these
wonderful people. They’ve been taking great care of us for the last 10 weeks.
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| Our Captain and Johnny |
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