April 4th was Ellen’s birthday. Every sea day Ellen and Tom have a chat time in a particular spot for CSI cruisers. I was delivering my comments regarding tours and Her son’s wife was being induced. The next I heard she gave birth to a little girl at 12:04 pm on April 4th. Ellen was in seventh heaven that this new grandbaby was born on her birthday.

I was surprised at how many of the men dressed for the Arabian night. Here is Paul in his Arab garb and this is our little cocktail group all decked out.

I was watching all the scenery go by as we were sailing through the Suez Canal and a man I met a month or so ago stopped by. This is Joe who is over 85 and is fitter than most men 20 years his junior. He had joined Peggy and us at our cocktail group the night I first met him. He saw me dancing with a couple of guys and he asked me to dance. It was quite a fast number and I asked him if he wanted to wait for a slower dance. He said hell no and we proceeded to clear the floor and got applause when we were through. The applause was not for me but for a man his age that could swing the way he did.

This photo shows the contrast between the Sinai Peninsula and Egypt on the other side. The other photo is of Port Said. If you watched the Sinai Peninsula side you would see all the old tanks and other armaments from the six day war with Israel. Also you can understand why Israel gave it back to Egypt. It is one giant sand pit. There are no locks in the Suez Canal but interesting just the same.