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Gabor does some strength training as well as the stretching. So we feel invigorated

instead of sluggish (which all this eating produces).

Jackie came to our cabin this morning to have Kay download her pictures of her little

“credit card” sized Bell & Howell digital camera. Then we both had to get our showers

and hair washes prior to Roger’s 11 AM presentation on the succulent plants and

how they fight drought and heat. It was relatively repetitious for us but he had some

interesting slides and he is at least an eager speaker with a few jokes to throw in.

John met with everybody right before lunch to tell us about our disembarkation plans

for St. Helena. The Captain has apparently now decided that we will reach the island

at midnight tonight. The customs folks will come aboard about 7 AM and the hope is

to get us off the Orion beginning at 8 so that the tours of Jamestown city and of the

Longwood area where the Napoleonic history is centered can begin at 9 AM

We are supposed to be back on board by 12:45 so that the ship can sail around 1 PM

It sounds like the Zodiac ride will be a long one and that the pilot on the island is the

one who directs the unloading and reloading of the Zodiacs at the dock or on the

beach as he deems appropriate because he is the one who knows the swells and how

the craft behave in them. I wish we had never heard the story about the Zodiac that

overturned on the approach to Tristan da Cunha because it has made me more

anxious about the rides, especially with our untrained ABs trying to figure things out

as they go. Oh well.

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