Today is our 3rd day in Hawaii. We were thinking we might do a whale watch trip here in Maui - Lahaina, but the tenders were delayed quite late due to the seas and decisions by the harbor master. I think the tours have gotten ashore by now (almost noon) but watching the tenders bob up and down in the bay is not enticing us to go ashore. We've seen lots of whales from the ship this morning - most not very close, but there's been lots of activity and Stan saw one breach. We received a new pair of binoculars from Cunard (one of our "world cruiser" perks :), which have been nice to have.
We've been to Lahaina on a previous trip, so have seen the historic town. It's a pretty day (as opposed to the downpourng rain yesterday) but we've come in out of the wind for awhile. Eventually we decided to go into town. We bobbed around for a bit in the tender, but eventually had an hour or so to wander around town. Way too early to start looking at souvenirs, so we got a shaved ice and Stan took flower pictures. We got back about 3:30 and spent a couple of hours watching whales again. We may have seen as many as 100 whales today - amazing antics.
Last night we had a nice Valentine's evening. I had a red sequined top and wore my ivory shawl from Sevilla, Spain, that went very nicely with Stan's white dinner jacket, red shirt and white tie. All the ladies were given a red rose as we entered the dining room for dinner and we had enjoyed afternoon tea and then dancing at the Valentine's Ball in the Queens room.
Stan continues to have some issues with his legs - some kind of inflammation, perhaps an allergic reaction, on both shins, but the doctor is not terribly concerned, so we are continuing on our westward (actually more southerly for a bit toward New Zealand) trip around the world.
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