Rockin’ and Rollin’ in the Red Sea



Dwight on the Sunset Bar
 

"Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation ... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind."                                        -- Leonardo da Vinci





Lecture time
 



Morning Walk

Mosaic Cafe

The Sunset Bar

The minute we left the Gulf of Aden and turned north through the Bab el Mendab and into the Red Sea, we were hit with 25 knot headwinds which kicked up white caps and 6-foot+ swells.  The Captain is racing to Suez in order to get there a day early since several cruise ships have been delayed in the crossing.  The speed just adds to the pitch and roll.  Unfortunately, I’m not a great sailor.  I don’t get actually sick or anything, I just don’t particularly enjoy it.  On the other hand, it’s a good excuse not to do anything at all and that is not a bad thing.  Reading, napping, eating and drinking a little, otherwise thinking about things.  The body may be rusting, but that means it leaves the mind alone to do its own thing.  Thinking, thinking, thinking my way up the Red Sea while rocking and rolling.