Sunday January 25, 2026

Sailing the Gulf of Mexico

Weather: sunny, 70’s.  Seas: mild, 1.5 meter swells, trailing wind at 20 knots

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Sunrise over the Gulf of Mexico

We have a sea day and we needed it. So, we slept in, ate a leisurely breakfast in The Restaurant, promenaded a few cycles, zoomed with my brother John, watched Mass with Father Charlie (St. Jude) and then went to a lecture.

Ginny Stibolt, our naturalist, talked about modern agriculture in the Caribbean basin and then had a Trivia contest that was taken from all her lectures.  Shirley and I only missed 2 questions and won the 6 Mimosas they had as a prize.  We gave the Mimosas away.

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The Winners of the Trivia Contest with Ginny Stibolt

Then a small lunch in the World café set us up for a nice afternoon of doing absolutely nothing!

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Chilling on the Veranda with Barbara Kingsolver

At 6:30 we listened to a very reasoned lecture about the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Mark had done his Master’s Thesis on this subject and it was quite enlightening. There were as many Soviet Heroes as there were American.  We sometimes forget that we are not the only people who have the best interests of the human race at heart.

The World Café featured a Surf and Turf night and so that is where we headed after the lecture. Then a few wheels around the deck and to the cabin.

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