March 15 – At Sea

Late last night the Captain announced that because of the storm, it would unwise to attempt to go into the Chilean Fjords. During most of the night the wind coming from the west was so strong it seemed that our glass patio door would shatter due to the force exerted on them by this gale. With that noise and the rocking of the ship, it was almost impossible to sleep.

Today we are out in the Pacific Ocean attempting to pass through the storm in the shortest of period of time as possible.  The waves have reached heights of five to six meters and the wind has maintained a velocity in the sixty km/hr range. 

So we spent most of the day doing indoor activities.  We went to another MickeyLive seminar on Puerto Montt, which is our next stop tomorrow.  This was followed by a “Liars Club” comedy show, which was very entertaining.  We then played trivia for an hour and a half.  Believe it or not, the table next to us was using their smart phone to cheat.  How pathetic is that?

The dinner tonight was the Captain’s dinner.  We both had lobsters, but we could have chosen Beef Wellington or several other high end gourmet meals.  For dessert we had Baked Alaska.  I believe I’m putting on way too much weight and we still have 16 more days to go.

The clouds finally started to disperse around 5pm. At around 9pm we entered the Corcovado Gulf, which leads north to Puerto Montt.  The waves and the winds have returned to normal.  Hopefully we will be able to have a good night’s sleep.

The entertainment tonight was a return performance by Jordon Bennet and Salvatore Hasard. Jordon Bennet performed an amazing piece of musical improv where he asked the audience to tell him what their favourite song was and he them put them all together with about fifty other songs into a musical montage.  Salvatore Hasard then came out and rocked the house. During his performance he sang “We are the World” in sync with the musical video from the 1980’s.  His impersonations were limited and not as good as the Quebec artist Jean Phillipe Gangne, but it was still entertaining.  Again the audience got an encore performance where he performed a rock oriented version of Billy Jean.