Today we were “at sea” traveling the nearly 800 miles to our first port; we explored the ship, ate food, sunbathed on our balcony, tried our hot tub …
Still doing my morning walks – quite a lot of sameness walking in circles, but I got to watch some nice at-sea sunrises! Apart from that, the view all day was of the Gulf. No other ships, no land, just water …
Back now from our seven day cruise on the Norwegian Sun, and traveling without internet so I’m going to post “daily updates” now that we are back …
Cruise day one had us driving to Tampa and boarding the ship – our first proper view of it is from the parking garage opposite:
We get to our suite while the ship is still in port at Tampa, but the view is good anyway; inside, our suite has three or four rooms; the first has comfortable seating with TV, as well as a dining area, bar, coffee maker; the second room of the suite has a king bed, very comfortable! There’s also a separate closet area, and through that is the bathroom suite with jacuzzi tub, separate shower, and his & hers vanities!
As evening came, we left Tampa and headed out to the Gulf, traveling under the spectacular Skyway bridge at St Petersburg, and enjoying the view from our balcony, we had our first sunset-at-sea to end our day:
Many people know that over the last year or so, I’ve lost weight and got healthier – some of this might be due to walking, as I have a daily goal of 10,000 steps (tracked by iPhone). Occasionally, I run an App to GPS track my walk, which gives a more accurate snapshot of distance/speed.
Back in September last year I wrote that since I began walking due to my “sciatica”, I’d improved walking speed from under 3mph to nearly 4mph. Now “cured”, and with iPhone 6 providing better tracking – here’s a record from October 2014:
I’m well aware that I walk still faster now, and that I have to walk further to get my 10,000 paces; yesterday I walked the same route, for a good comparison record:
So from August 2014 to now (9 months), I’ve sped up from 2.8mph to 4.8mph; my steps are longer as well as faster, and I’ve pretty well reached the limit that I can increase, unless I start running (no plans for that!)
M&I / GBMINI 