Day Six -- Thursday -- June 10, 2010 -- At Sea

Today we are at leisure cruising the Gulf of St. Lawrence on our way to Quebec City.

The order of the day is reading --- and relaxing --  I start taking notes for this blog -- so I don’t forget what we’ve done.

9:30 am -- There is a tour of the kitchen which is very informative -- it is amazing how much food is prepared on a daily basis with 1300 passengers to feed.   Phil gets carried away taking pictures -- I will only share one with this audience.

1:30 pm -- Patte and I participate in the 5K Race for the Cure on Deck Six.  That equates to walking around the deck 12 times.  The turnout is good with participants in Race for The Cure T-shirts and pink wrist bands.

Phil and Dave are our cheering section -- sitting in deck chairs covered with blankets.

We notice one time going by that Phil disappeared -- Dave is not sure where he went but is suspicious.   The next time we come by we see that he has purchased a case of beer from one of the bars and hands them out to the walkers as they finish. He even gets  Matt -- our Cruise Director -- to take a beer.

It was a lot fun -- and apparently Holland- America has raised over $2 million by having  a Race for the Cure every week on their Cruise ships.

7:30 -- We arrive for our dinner at the Pinnacle Grill -- an alternate dining room on the ship with a steakhouse environment.

We are led to our table and Patte and I are facing out toward the windows.  As soon as we sit down I realize the sun is blaring in my eyes -- I can’t see anything.  I request that they pull the shade down and am told the shade is out for repair.   Finally -- Phil is so furious that he gets up and the next thing we are moving to another table.   That’s the common sense thing again --- sometimes they don’t have any.

The meal was great -- Patte and I had Steak Diane.  Phil left before dinner came so Patte, Dave and I picked at his dinner and ordered another bottle of wine.  Did I mention that we’ve all been eating way too much?

At least we walked 3 miles today -- that should help!