Early this morning King Neptune and his court made their way around the ship waking everyone to shouting, tambourines and drums, and the celebration began. Heads were shaved and people were in the pool. There were games and activities much of the day and a special barbeque for supper. But we didn't make it to the equator!
It's not clear, but perhaps because the refueling took so long yesterday, we didn't quite make it today. Current ship time is 11:25pm and our location is:
Latitude: 4 degrees, 52.3N
Longitude: 12 degrees, 58.64W
Course: 136 degrees
Speed right now is 25.4 knots, which is the greatest speed we've had since we started. We may make the equator by noon tomorrow.
Anyone interested in reading up on pollywogs and shellbacks and "crossing the line" might enjoy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-crossing_ceremony.
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Hi Theresa, this is Tom Oman, Denise's son. I just wanted you to know that I will be reading your blog as much as possible. It is fun to hear about every place and to learn something new about them as you go (I just finished reading about the Shellbacks and Pollywogs). Anyways, take care and please keep updating the blog, but don't forget to have fun. - Tom
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