This morning, as we were just ready to leave our room for our tour about 7:15, the power went out all over the ship. Emergency lighting in the halls, one teeny LED light in the rooms, no elevators and....no kitchen! It was OK, we had already had breakfast. But it was a slow descent by stairs from the 10th floor to the fourth. Oh, for the days when I could pound those two steps at a time.
In any event, we got to our tour meeting, to the tender boat, and deposited on the dock in Lahaina leaving the power issue to the experts. And then, because there was a marathon this fine Sunday on Maui, we got to traipse across the highway to where they allowed cars to park this morning. The bus was nicely air-conditioned for which I was very grateful.
We had an all day tour up the side of Haleakala, which is the big (9700 ft) dormant volcano on the east side of the island. We went from 0 to 9700 in about two hours and 45 million hairpin turns in a 45' bus. I think Disney has a similar ride in either Toontown or Radiator Springs. Seriously, a couple of times I could look out the window and see at least five switchbacks below me. Very beautiful up there above the clouds, and chilly, too. I finally got to see the silversword plant, which I have been hearing about since I was a girl. They live up to their name better than I expected, which was a nice surprise. They are just beautiful, shining in the sunlight as if made of fine silver hairs.
We descended the same winding road, stopped for a nice Italian buffet lunch, and made our way back to the dock. Tom and Jim stayed in town to shop a little, while Susan and I jumped on a tender back to the ship. We hadn't been in the rooms more than a few minutes when....we lost power, again. This time it was out for about 30 minutes, and it has come back on while I was writing this blog entry. Interetingly, the stuff comes back on in parts. First was the outlets, then the A/C, then the lights, then the water, the vaccum system and finally, the drains have just finished gurgling.
I do have some pictures for this day, but again, the app does not allow me to update until I am on a wifi signal....which I may or may not find in the next couple of days....in the meantime, i will put a few on Facebook and will update the blog when I can.
ReplyDeleteNo food? Lights out? Oh dear. Cruising with a book is always a good idea. And crackers. :)
Riding up the mountain and looking down at the switchbacks would have been a big gulp moment. I can only be beautiful! Say, Tom sure has been doing a lot of shopping, is he perhaps shopping for your Christmas present? LOL just kidding. Carry on!