I really like the balance of days doing nothing at sea and crazy adventures when at port. After two days of crazy adventures, I appreciated sleeping in and doing nothing. I found a slot machine that wasn’t completely surrounded with smoke and said goodbye to $20. Big gambler, I am.

Spending another day at sea really drives home the idea that ship travel is not an efficient way to get around. Your top speed is about 25 mph, making a quick plane ride the equivalent whole day sailing. The ship burns about a gallon of fuel for every 40 FEET. That’s pretty terrible gas mileage. Then again, we’re massively carpooling.

The most challenging part of the day was trying to run on a treadmill on a moving ship. I literally stepped off a few time and fell off the back of the treadmill. It hurt both my sides and my ego.

We ran partially because the guilt finally hit us from all the food we were eating. On one of these ships you can pretty much look in any direction and see what you’ll look like if you don’t exercise. That’s a pretty good motivator. 😀 When I got home, I got back on my running regimen as well. If I fall off the treadmill at home, I’ll have to blame an earthquake.