January 28, 2024 Ship Building Competition Day 39 of 138

Today is the day we have been anxiously waiting for. We have been gathering items for our ship, discussing shape, what items we can use that we can recycle from the ship or shore. Our ship is ready. I wrote the name of the ship on the back in calligraphy we are calling it Viking Travelers. Susan wrote a poem in the style of "The night before Christmas" to introduce our ship. Here is our ship, and the competition.

There was a tie for first place. The boat to the left was one of the first place winners. Just above the canoe on the right took third place. There were 15 boats entered. All but one boat floated. Out boat floated well, but unfortunately we did not place. We are pretty sure we took 4th place, but we have no documentation to back that claim. It was a fun day, and as you can tell from the pictures we had a picture perfect day. The competition was stiff.

This is our boat going into the hot tub for its float test.

This is the full team. We have been hanging with these three couples for trivia, and meals. They are a fun creative group.

The ship competition was the entertainment for a planned brunch. The staff out did themselves.

The Welcome to the Brunch was made of bread, and was on the bread, and donut table. The watermelon carvings were on most tables, the one above is of a Viking ship.

The picture on the right is part of the dessert table, below was the Sushi. They also had taco bars, Omelets, breakfast meats, pasta bar, fruit, smoothie options, you name it, they had it. The waiters were walking around with Mimosas, and other alcohol drinks. It was a feast for our eyes, as well as our stomachs.

The ocean when we woke up this morning was flat. We have not seen it this flat in the whole trip. Mike and I found time to lay out and work on our tans. We are preparing for the next three days where we will be in port.

We have 100 days left for our World cruise. Time flies when you are having fun.