Mr Rumor

Thank you, Sue!

Here’s a close look—a really close look!—at a few of the offerings at  today’s Indian Buffet on the Pool Deck.  From the top:  Tandoori Chicken, Peas Pulao, Pachadi, Pork Vindaloo, Tomato, Peanuts and Onion Salad, and Pasayam.

Jennifer, as Shauna was avidly watching “Mama Mia:  Here We Go Again,” I was mercifully drifting off—until the doorbell rang.  It was our diligent steward Prasoon with our supply of Perrier and Diet 7 Up.  He brought enough bottles and cans to last us for a month!  

John, you may find, like me, that the Rumor Special will get you by until lunch on a sea day when you’re then have plenty of appetite for a lunchtime extravaganza such as today’s Pool Deck Indian Buffet on the Pool Deck.  Hope you’ll love Regent!

I have a slight correction to the Regent Production Cast schedule.  According to CD David, we will have two productions (“Dancing Fool,” and “Soul Rocking Nights”) as well as the “Broadway Concert,” which he explained is evolving into more of a production show.  So we will only be missing out on one production.

The new cast will be performing in front of Pamela Petcash, Director of Entertainment for both Regent and Oceania, who has joined us for this cruise.  But, no pressure!

Cruise Consultant Daniela Acosta Espejo had a big smile when I read your posts to her, Brownie54 and Wes.  She elaborated on her move from Executive Concierge to Cruise Consultant, explaining that while “I 100% loved my job as Executive Concierge, after three years I was ready for a new challenge.”  Boasting a bachelor’s degree in international business in which 50% of her study was in sales and marketing, Daniela is definitely poised to excel in her new Regent position.

Good morning from the Pool Deck!  Ari (Compass Rose waiter, eighth Regent contract, Bali) has prepared this cruise’s Rumor Special for you—banana, cantaloupe, carrot and pineapple.  Take a sip and start your day off right!

tripperva, a Miami high of 66 still sounds pretty balmy to me, as we’ve already had temps in the High Desert dip into the teens!  But we were delighted with the literally warm Miami welcome.

Brownie54 and Wes, Cruise Consultant Daniela will be so happy to read your comments—I’ll be sure to share.

Thanks for the good trip wishes, Jean; I always appreciate hearing from you.

Glad you and Dennis made it back safely, Jackie, and thank you again for recommending CR’s Roxanne.  She is a delight and wonderful with Shauna.  We’ve dined in her station both nights! 

After lunch today, it was dad’s turn to care for Shauna, so we watched “Mama Mia:  Here We Go Again” in our room while mom got a deserved break by the pool.

We reunited for Trivia in the Observation Lounge with our Just Guessing  teammates Karen and Jim, and their cruising friends Yvette and Ron.  We got 9 out of 15, which earned us second place and two Regent Reward Points.  CD David’s questions were pretty hard!  

Then it was off to Captain Stan’s “Welcome Introductions,” which might have been the most sparsely attended captain’s reception we’ve observed on a Regent cruise.  It was a good opportunity for me to get to meet a handful of the new production cast members who boarded with us.  Two of the performers I spoke with have never performed at sea before, and one had never previously been on a ship.  Ah, take it from an old shipboard editor who was once your age—adventure awaits!

By the way, because this is what the Regent entertainment folks term an “install cruise,” we’ll only get to see two Regent productions instead of the usual four, as the cast finishes rehearsing and blocking out each of the productions over the course of this cruise.  We’re a little disappointed for Shauna, a show hound, but, hey, that’s ship business.

A word about dinner tonight.  I had made note of several posters’ preference for the filet mignon in Compass Rose over that of Prime 7, so decided to give it a try.  Wow!  It might have been the tastiest FM I’ve ever had aboard Regent—exactly medium rare as I had requested, and very tasty.  I’ve had issues with taste and getting my meat cooked the way I like it in Prime 7.

After dinner, we made it over to the Constellation for Nashville artist Ric Steele’s show, his first on a Regent ship.  He spiced his songs  (including “Pretty Woman,” “Classical Gas,” “Green Green Grass  of Home” and “Country Roads”) with several lengthy stories, including a surprisingly personal tale of his battle with diabetes.  It was hard not to like him for his upbeat personality and energetic performance, as well as his determination to shake most every hand in the audience before AND after the show.

That’s a wrap for today, as Sea Day No. 2 technically began a few minutes ago!  

Our daughter loves our first gift-shop purchase for her, a Regent bag. “It’s Shauna’s!” she informs.  She refuses to take it off!

A lanquid afternoon

Afternoon greetings from the Pool Deck!  We’re here at Table 149 for the Tex-Mex buffet as well as just to hang out.  It’s a partly sunny day with a gentle breeze and calm seas.  Lovely!

I was a bit of a bum this morning, sleeping in until 7:30.  A one hour gym workout followed (500 calories burned!).   When I returned to the room at 9, Ginny and Shauna were still sleeping, so they’re well-rested.  Shauna is currently playing “executive,” scribbling in her notebook, while Ginny works on shaping mini wooden cupcakes for a necklace she wants to make (she always has a craft going).

We finally set sail about 11:30 last night, with Captain Stan still relishing the good news of the Voyager easily passing yesterday’s all-day Coast Guard inspection.  He was particularly pleased with the high marks the inspectors gave the well-trained crew.

Thought you’d like to know that we’re sharing the Voyager with 655 fellow cruisers, with Americans accounting for the lion’s share.  Female passengers, as usual, have the edge, 345-313.

Here is the complete Passenger Nationality Breakdown: 

United States, 498

Canada, 70

United Kingdom, 46

Belgium, 8

Germany, 7

Sweden, 4

Switzerland, 4

France, 3

Austria, 2

Australia, 2

Brazil, 2

Mexico, 2

Spain, 2

Bulgaria, 1

Cuba, 1

Ireland, 1

India, 1

Italy, 1

Norway, 1

New Zealand, 1

Portugal, 1

But the number I’m most impressed with is 334, which Cruise Consultant Daniela (Acosta Espejo) reports is the number of Regent first-timers on this cruise.  Daniela is a newbie herself as a Cruise Consultant, although she’s a six-year Regent veteran who began in reception, eventually working her way up through the purser ranks to the position of Executive Concierge.  She began “flying solo” as Regent’s newest Cruise Consultant in Barcelona.   With all the first-time Regent cruisers I am assuming Daniela will be very busy this cruise, especially the last two (sea) days.  We may even find ourselves huddling with her over a future cruise.

Daniela was kind enough to provide the Seven Seas Society cruising tier info for our cruise.  Yes, we have no Diamonds or Commodores, but we do have eight Titaniums.  Here’s the full rundown:

Titanium, 8

Platinum, 9

Gold, 67

Silver, 159

Bronze, 81

OK, time to graze the buffet!

Bigdogwon, I meant to thank you for your Bon Voyage, so thanks now!  I sent you an e-mail before we flew out.  Hope you got it?  

Thanks, Gerry and MalbecWine, I enjoy photo taking today as much as I enjoyed reporting and editing “back in the day.”  Words or pics, it’s all about telling a story!  Daetchief, I’m honored that you’ve decided to use the Voyager pic from this morning as your wallpaper.   A Regent cruise is a great Christmas present you’re giving your wife and yourself!

Bob, we were quite pleased with ourselves that we went the taxi route.  As we were leaving La Veranda after an unhurried lunch (and where we had our pick of tables), I looked at my watch and told Ginny that if we had been on Bus Four we’d just be leaving the hotel and facing who knows how long a line at the terminal.  

Thanks for your questions and concerns regarding today’s immigration situation and our boarding.  It was quite a surprise to arrive at Terminal J at 10:45 a.m. and see Atlantic Crossing passengers still streaming out of the terminal. “Immigration is being finicky,” one passenger muttered as he walked by.  I scanned the group for Jackie and Dennis before reading Jackie’s report.  Jackie, I understand your kid-in-a-candy-store feeling getting to be among the first to disembark.

However, boarding wasn’t affected.  We were on the ship by 12:15, a few minutes after passengers in the top suites boarded.  

After we embarked, I learned, as Travelcat2 reported, that Atlantic Crossing guests couldn’t disembark before all the luggage had been hauled off the ship, and all the luggage couldn’t be hauled off until most or all of the participating crew members had reported to immigration for his or her I-95 card, or crew member’s landing permit.  Without the card, a crew member would not be allowed off the ship.  A new card is only needed for a “first call,” which the Voyager’s call qualified as.  In fact, the Voyager had last visited a U.S. part eight years ago!

But there was something else at play this morning, which I heard also made it tough for disembarking passengers as well as passengers who were continuing on our cruise and who had booked a tour in Miami:  The CBP (Customs Border Patrol) computers went down.  I don’t know how long they were down, but if I understand correctly, Customs wound up waiving computer checks for some passengers to keep the line moving.  Not the best way to end a cruise!

And I suppose setting sail a few hours late is not the best way to begin one!  (It is past 11 p.m. as I type this and it looks like the last pallets of provisions have finally been loaded.) Complicating the situation tonight was the need to also remove dozens of very big white trash bags.

Still, as of early this evening, Captain Stan (Mercier de Lacombe) sounded hopeful about the Voyager arriving at its first port, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands on Thursday at 8 a.m. as scheduled.  He reported over the PA that “very nice weather” was in the forecast for the cruise with maximum swells of five feet and maximum winds of 25 knots, which would allow the Voyager to cruise along at a 18.4 knot clip.  

Well, time for bed as we need to spring ahead—good night!

Rich

Full first-day report coming later!  Just wanted to mention before our appetizers arrive that we had the longest Regent lifeboat drill I can recall, 35 minutes.  Of course, the Coast Guard was watching!  (They were here all day.)

We’re not sailing until at least 10 tonight (was supposed to be 6).  Lots of provisioning still to do! We’ve got to overeat, I mean eat, you know!

Onboard and upward!

Good morning, Miami—thank you for a glorious day!  Think we’ll take a cruise!

Ginny spotted our ship on our morning walk.  Shauna, waving:  “Hi, Honey!”  (Ships are “she’s,” so why not Honey?)

Mom and daughter moment on Brickell Key.

Z, wonderful to have you along!  

Jennifer, thanks for the link to your 2014 Bangkok-Dubai blog!  I took a peak while we were at DFW and wound up reading several choice paragraphs out loud to Ginny.  You really got us with your Mangalore crack (in reference to the stifling heat and all the sweating), “My third eye had run down my nose.”  I think we startled the several folks sitting next to us when we erupted in laughter.

Cybercsp/Nancy and Charlie, I’m so glad you posted—welcome to Regent!  Ginny and I are looking forward to meeting you and hope you’ll have a great time on this cruise.  I would welcome your posting anytime on this thread as I, like many other Regent CCers, love to read a Regent first-timer’s observations.  

We made it in fine fettle to Miami and the Kimpton Epic in the late afternoon, but not before most of the 211 Regent passengers who are calling the Epic home tonight had checked in and gotten their bus assignments from the Regent Hospitality Desk.  The best the desk could do for us was squeeze us onto Bus Four of five, departing for the ship at 1:15.  No thanks, I said, we’ll be taking a cab!  Happily, Hospitality was hospitable to our leaving our checked bags inside our front door for transport to the hotel.  So we’ll just be taking our carry-ons with us to the ship.

We had several options for dinner, with the hotel concierge nudging us toward one of the upscale restaurants in the Brickell neighborhood.  But we decided instead on a short walk to the boisterous Bayside Marketplace where we had a perfectly fine dinner at a Cuban open-air cafe.

And now we’re back in our perfectly fine room at the Epic, where the internet is FAST as the hotel wi-fi password promises, and Shauna is humming in bed, just as she is wont to do before finally drifting off to sleep.  We’ll be following her lead soon!

In Bayfront Park tonight, looking towards Biscayne Boulevard.

Wes, Sheila, Rick, vitacura, Linda, Jennifer, Jackie and MalbecWine—great to hear from you all!

Shauna went to bed laughing in our Albuquerque hotel room, after corraling me for a hug and then, when she had my complete attention, exclaiming “Beatles tonight!” in my face.  It’s only a ten-night cruise and I understand a new production cast is boarding in Miami, but I’m hopeful that CD David Nevin might be able to buttonhole a couple of the singers for a Fab Four dance night for our little moptop. 

Wes, that’s a splendid Splendour back-to-back you booked and we’d love to cruise with you and Ida again, but we’re probably going to stick with our Bucket List choice for that time, Bangkok-Abu Dhabi (15 of the 16 ports will be new to us), plus Angkor Wat pre-cruise.  But we don’t have a Splendour cruise to look forward to yet, so we just might have to do something about that while we’re onboard. 

Jennifer, I loved your would-be fake post—you know funny!  Like Wes and Ida, you and Georges are on Ginny’s and my want-to-cruise-again-with list.  Maybe we should compare Bucket Lists?

Jackie, thanks for letting Roxanne know that a peppy pipsqueak will be dining in her section soon.  Also, stay tuned for a report on how the Voyager inspection turned out.  I’ll be on it!

MalbecWine, your post about Shauna was short but so sweet.  Thank you.

Rich

What a bountiful time for Regent CC live-blogs!  Rich and Barbara, and Jim and Margaret (and earlier, Wes and Ida), you've been killing it with your epic "Grand Pacific" blog--and you'll have another week-plus to go even after Ginny and I have disembarked!  Roberto, your Montreal-Miami report was royally entertaining as only a Z opus can be.  And, Jackie, you stoked my appetite for our Voyager cruise both figuratively and literally (those menus--mmmmmm!) with your "mini" report that turned "maxi" thanks to a lot of great reporting.

I'm privileged now to add my random voice to the CC blogging chorus.  This will be Ginny's and my 18th Regent cruise (seven on Mariner; four, Navigator, three, Explorer and, now, four, Voyager) and our third Caribbean itinerary.  We went for "Sage Mountain  to Grand Pitons" in part because we've previously visited only one of the five ports (Gustavia), in part because of the two sea days at the beginning and end, and in part because we wanted an easygoing cruise to share with our daughter, Shauna.

Some of you know Shauna, 37, who has Down syndrome.  She is a great little (as in 4'6") cruiser who has won crew and fellow passenger hearts on every one of her five previous Regent cruises.  We expect the trend to continue this time!

To give you an idea of the following that Shauna has built up among the staff and crew over the last few years, Ginny and I had literally taken only two steps onto the Explorer in June when we heard not the expected "Welcome home" or "Welcome back, Mr. and Mrs. Rumor," but instead a "Where's Shauna?!"  from a surprised crew member who couldn't mask her disappointment.  We happen to know there are several of her staff/crew fans onboard waiting to welcome Shauna on Monday.

We're also looking forward to meeting up again with our good Regent friends Karen and Jim, who we haven't cruised with in a couple of years.  The great Regent tee that Shauna is sporting in the photo below is not something you can buy in a Regent gift shop, it's a Karen creation, and gift to Shauna.  If she and Jim, ace Trivia players, will have us, we'll be happy to once again ride their coattails to Regent Reward Points.  It will be for a good cause:  to buy Shauna even more Regent bling!

As we have an early Sunday flight, we'll be leaving shortly for Albuquerque, where we have a room near the Sunport.  Miami pre-cruise hotel will be the Kimpton Epic, less than two miles from Terminal J.

Great to have you along!  (And, thanks, Gerry, for your and Ken's sweet words!)

Rich

Voyager,  "R" you ready for Shauna?  She's ready for you!

Our itinerary. . .

Linda, when I see the QM2  I'll wave!

Jackie, we looked seriously at that Splendor cruise (a Joint blog with you, Gerry [Hi Gerry!] and other CCers would have been a ton of fun) but we decided in the end to go Bucket List and book Bangkok-Abu Dhabi, as we've only been to one of the 15 ports, and I've always wanted to take Ginny to India.

Thanks for the Roxanne tip!  Shauna adores Risky and I bet she and Roxanne will hit it off.

Enjoy St. Martin, and land again!

Rich

Hi Jackie, hope you and Dennis have enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving day and dinner.  Your and Z's mentions of the 2016 Explorer Thanksgiving meal at the Captain's 12-top brought back some nice memories.  Yes, one had to almost shout to be heard across the table, but we still managed some great conversations and Ginny and I enjoyed the camaraderie among the CC members.  Hard to believe it has been two years!

A big thank you for posting all the menus, so I don't have to next week!

By the way, where do you plan to stash the Voyager Cruise Critic live-blogging baton?  I'll need it next Monday afternoon (plus, I've promised Shauna she can parade around with it).

Have a great rest of the cruise.

Rich

Sweet Prince, could you stand one more huzzah?  It was a delight reliving one of Ginny's and my favorite cruises through this wonderful blog.  It just might have been my favorite Roberto effort to date--especially loved your NYC and Citadal posts.  My treasured Z Chuckle-Meter--it got another good workout!-- is now back in storage until next June.  Hope someday we'll get to share another live blog, which is another way of saying I hope Ginny and I will get to see youse again.  Big hug to you and TB.

Rich

Land ahoy, Wes and Ida and Rich and Barbara!  You didn't miss a blogging beat during the string of sea days, now I'm looking forward to your accounts of your first day on land in more than a week.  Lahaina is one of the prettiest ports to anchor in--hope you get a rainbow.  Loving your blog!

Rich

P.S.  Your eight days at sea matches my longest at-sea stretch with Royal Viking Line.  I remember that time aboard the Star most fondly and gratefully, as I met Ginny a day out of L.A.  By the time we arrived in Papeete on January 22, 1977, with nary a port along the route to distract us, our happy fate as a couple was sealed!

Z,  I'm so glad you were taking notes on my 2013 Mariner Montreal-Miami blog, as it is the only Regent cruise we've done that Ginny announced afterwards she wanted to do again someday.  Just glad you didn't wait any longer, as there are no Regent Montreal-Miami offerings in 2019 or 2020 (we've settled for taking LB--Little Boss Shauna--on the October,  2019 Navigator Montreal-New York cruise).   Montreal-Miami has been our only two-wardrobe Regent outing to date--I recall temps ranging from near freezing in Montreal and Quebec to 86 in Miami the morning we disembarked.  But I think TB with her Mount Everest of suitcases is prepared.  Have a blast--I know I will following along!  (Plus a big hi to John and Karen!)

Rich

Hi Rich,

 

I'm chiming in here rather late in the game (ALL sorts of "adventures" going on!) I was following you and Ginny on this remarkable cruise. Your stories, research, photos, ... one of your best yet. You brought back exquisite memories from our first cruise with Regent; Voyager --- Iceland to Copenhagen, 2013.

 

 

 

When my mom was in her final days after a brutal battle with cancer, she told me she wanted me to book a cruise. She wanted to know where we were going before she died. I chose this itinerary because she is half Danish, my dad half Norwegian. I really wanted to wait until she died before we booked a cruise, but this was her wish and it turned out to be ... fun, in a weird way (I mean ~ she was on the BRINK.) She wanted to hear every port, every detail. Poignant experience.

 

 

 

My mom knew what she was doing. When we embarked on our Scandinavian Adventure, I was still grappling with a deep grief. That cruise changed everything. Each stunningly beautiful day, I regained more and more of my joie de vivre. So healing.

 

 

 

Reading your blog was a huge joy as you brought back delicious memories of a transformational, rejuvenating voyage.

 

 

 

I cannot thank you enough!

 

 

 

Cheers,

 

Cindie (we met you, Ginny, and Shauna on the Mariner last June in Alaska)

Cindie, I remember our meeting well—it was near, or on, the Yukon Suspension Bridge, a part of our Skagway Scenic Rail excursion!

I just saw your post and was in such a hurry to respond on my new iPad that I wound up posting nothing but air. On this “Edit,” I just want to thank YOU for sharing your and your mom’s beautiful story. I’m so glad the blog inspired you to relive those "delicious" memories (it was truly one fantastic feast of a cruise).

Ginny, Shauna and I are sending you a virtual hug—hope you can feel it!

Rich

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I guarantee you CD Davor and F&B Director Enes were whooping it up on the Explorer a little while ago when their native Croatia bested Russia on penalty kicks in the World Cup semi-finals.

I watched the end of the game in our room at the Radisson Blu, located just steps away from the Oslo airport. A good thing, too, as we begin our three-flight return to the Land of Enchantment with a 6:05 a.m. departure.

Before turning in. . .

GOARMY, glad you've enjoyed the fjord shots.

I was interested to read of your un-welcome from some Geiranger residents and your guess that it may have had to do with the QM2's high passenger count.

Speaking of numbers, our Geiranger guide laid a huge one of us: 15,000. That's the most cruise passengers that have descended on Geiranger in one day. It sounds out of whack considering this hamlet's year-around-around population of 250.

A question inevitably arises: If Norway's Parliament is concerned enough about Geiranger's and other fjords' pollution to issue a call for a zero-emission cruise-ship standard, why didn't it take steps years earlier to curb pollution by limiting the number of ships that may visit Geiranger in one day? We've been to other ports--Icy Strait, Hoonah immediately comes to mind--that do.

In fact, according to Jess, Norway did once impose a Geiranger limit of either two or three ships per day. But no longer. Our guide said he has seen as many as five ships sail into Geiranger in a day, including several mega ships.

Jean, I'm always happy to have you following along, and always appreciate your comments. EAGLESLOVER had asked earlier when I'll be cruising/blogging again, and I meant to answer, so I'll do it here: late November, Miami-Miami, aboard the Voyager, with our daughter Shauna. Hope you'll join me.

Linda, so glad I could help you relive your years-ago SS Norway cruise. Did you know it has been 12 years since the Norway made its final journey--to the scrap heap?

Gerry, I read your historical explanation for the antipathy that many Norwegians and Danes feel toward the Swedes to Jess and he nodded in assent. He added that many in his generation also still hold a grudge for Sweden’s neutral stance in WW2.

Susan and Mark, glad to know the blog made a good coffee companion. Ginny and I (and Shauna) now look forward to being your personal coffee companions in October!

I wanted to give one last shout-out to Jess, great friend and great host as well as a very able dispenser of those Eilfeldig Notaters. As partial thanks, we decked him out this morning as an honorary Regent cruiser.

He drove us to our airport hotel, where we said a shadowy "goodbye for now" (a third Norway visit is already in the early discussion stages!).

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Wes and Gilly, I relayed your Dale and Oleana sweater raves over dinner last night in Sandvika, but I got more of a reaction from Jess, a Dale sweater owner, than Ginny, who said she's well-stocked in sweaters (but appreciates your thinking of her). Back at his apartment, Jess showed us his blue Dale--beautiful, but, Rachel, I agree it “felt” very warm!—and then located two Santa Fe stores that carry Dale, in case Ginny changes her mind.

The Explorer's Oslo-Southampton cruise is now in its second day--55 of our cruising mates are continuing on this cruise, by the way--so it's time for me to bring this edition of Random Notes to a close. A big "Takk takk!" for all your support and comments. I've loved having you along!

I want to end by sharing several shots from our Geiranger sailaway that I'd meant to post earlier. Among the many highs on this cruise, I'd have to rank the sailaway the highest of them all. I don't think I've ever seen Deck 12 of a Regent ship so crowded as we reveled in the sights as well as the gorgeous weather.

But before I do, I make brief note of some big news regarding future cruising in the Norwegian fjords, especially Geiranger and Geirangerfjord, which last year hosted more than 300,000 cruise passengers and which has begun to suffer from high air pollution.

On May 3, the Norwegian Parliament passed the following resolution: "The Parliament calls on the Government to implement requirements and regulations for emissions from cruise ships and other vessels in tourist fjords, as well as other suitable measures to ensure the phasing in of low-end zero-emissions solutions in the shipping industry until 2030, including a regulation for zero emissions from tourist ships and ferries in the world heritage fjords as soon as possible and no later than 2026."

And how will this be accomplished? According to an article I located online (https://maritimecleantech.no/2018/05/03/norwegian-parliament-adopts-zero-emission-regulations-fjords/), "existing ships will have to be equipped for electric propulsion with battery packs, and, in the future, hydrogen." It will be interesting to follow this story and to learn how Regent and other cruise lines go about complying.

Now to beautiful Geiranger--long may she remain that way!

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And thank you so much, Gerry, for cruising along with me!

We're happily settled in Jess' Sandvika apartment at the moment. When he returns from an appointment, we'll take off for a favorite cafe/bakery on the fjord in Vollen.

Norway doesn't have a tradition quite like Sweden's fika. What Norway has is "hygge," which Jess' nephew Steffen explained as "enjoying the company of others, as in 'Let's go to the park and hygge.' It's all about social interaction."

But if Norway had a version of fika, you're right that they wouldn't want to use the same or similar word as the Swedes. As I'm guessing you may know, there is a bit of an attitude many Norwegians have toward the Swedes, to the point where some delight in telling "Swedish jokes" (think the Polish jokes of old). Jess told a couple, which I've elected not to repeat!

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Takk, Sheila and EAGLESLOVER, and hei hei, Oslo! Knowing Jess, he was up much earlier than us so that he could photograph the Explorer’s sail-in from one of his favorite viewing spots. Will see him again in about two hours!

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