I used the always faithful "Luke Jones Alarm Clock" and woke up to my favorite SAS public address announcer informing me that another favorite- Les- was giving a talk in a few minutes in the union. I donned some clothes and ran upstairs. Les hosted a great candid discussion on the state of the program, it's current challenges and the direction in which it's heading. This whole week has served, for me, as a big wake-up call as to the gravity of SAS. It was not only Spring, 2009 who has experiences aboard the ship- but thousands more.
After the talk, I fell into old routine. I grabbed a book, some sunblock and sat upstairs on D7 to read. We had a great S09 lunch, and during it, I saw something I didn't see while on the MVX for 4 months last year: a full whale breach. All of a sudden, a giant whale completely jumped out of the water landing with a monstrous splash, right behind the ship. It was incredible. We all hung upstairs and read and tanned and watched the Spring/Fall 05'ers drink into oblivion... it's pretty much a spectator sport.
At night, we had cultural and logistical pre-port, complete with little green sheets (smaller than normal size)- greensheetitos as I called them- that have all the information for Cabo on them. Afterwards, we were entertained by a talent show complete with two very R-rated SAS alum comedians (one of them is Theo from 'Last Comic Standing,' he sailed in 2002). They were hilarious. Soon after, we went back upstairs to "Club MV," which had an 80s theme. Luke and Les joined us for some great S09 fun, and we really couldn't have had a better night if we tried. By 2am, we were off to bed, ready for Cabo in the morning.
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We've just arrived in Cabo and can't wait to get off. We have to tender to shore using our lifeboats, something we never had to do during the S09 voyage... so that should be fun, certainly different. I'll let you know how Cabo goes!
p.s. Way to go, RAVENS!
---Greg
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