Yesterday was a “wash-out.” Grey skies and persistent rain were the order of the day – all day; after all, as Denise pointed out in her characteristic Yorkshire logic, “It’s the rainy season – this isn’t the time to be sending cruise ships through the Panama Canal. Quite! Secondly, apart from one “ordinary” day, slightly damp with low cloud in Ketchikan, Alaska, as far as I can remember, we have been blessed with almost perfect weather throughout. Uncharacteristicly for me, I was awake at 5.30 this morning, feeling bright and rejuvenated. I poked my head through the curtains to witness the most glorious of sunrises, worthy of recording. I was able to capture on video birds flying in some sort of formation. Hopefully, my next door neighbour, at home, may be able to identify them. Yesterday’s leadened misery is thus consigned to non-event history; but even that was accompanied by periods of spectacular lightning (most of which I missed).
For once, I am up bright and early and am looking forward to to a ride on the Panama Railway which as I understand, runs the length of the Canal, the original link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Generally, railways replaced canals; this is not quite the reverse, but the Canal although conceived centuries ago was not completed until long after the rail link was established in the mid 19th Century. (06.55hrs).
Hopefully, a more enlightened description later.
All the best,
David.
David's Cruise 