Eritrea

The Red Sea is a long and narrow body of water. We have been traveling at an average of 19 knots since we left the Gulf of Aden and we are still 750 miles short of Aqaba, Jordan. Currently we have Saudi Arabia off the starboard rail and Eritrea off the port rail but very shortly we shall pass the Sudanese border to the west and will travel along that country’s coastline for the rest of the day. The temperature is a constant 30 degrees C and the barometer is steady. The sea is like glass this morning, marred only by our own bow wave and wake.

My dear wife is currently at odds with an ugly party of our shipmates in the laundry room. I am certain though that she will fair better in that sort of scuffle than I would. It takes the right combination of social grace and well-placed elbows to successfully negotiate the crowd in that room. The genteel deportment of the Grand Dining Room crowd in evenings is traded for a courser, street-smart gang of roller derby queens and dockworker's wives around those washers and dryers. The Linda will prevail though.

On my MacBook Pro’s Dashboard Application, which is set to Calgary, I note that you all have been experiencing a pretty crumby spring. We are truly sorry for the awful weather that you have been having in our absence. We pray for your deliverance into a warmer and dryer environment in the near future (hopefully prior to Mid-May).   

Note calm sea off port rail