Made it back home safely. Last week the CDC cancelled the need for Covid tests for people entering the USA, so one less thing in the way. I’ve caught up with mail, mostly junk, and started washing clothes.
I’ve gather my “best of” pictures and moved them into my Google Photos site. The general cruise pictures are edited to 2000 pixels longest side and up to 2 MB. The Top 10 pictures are full size, some nearly 30MB. I’ve edited the side bar to the right; my Galapagos albums are just above the World Cruise. Or, or course, you can just use the links above.
I’ve also updated my blog index; there are now to my Galapagos trip. The format is (hopefully) easier to use. Let me know if you have any suggestions.
While this cruise was only two weeks long, as compared to the World Cruise’s 4 1/2 months, I still have a few lessons for future cruises:
- Glasses – my ride to the airport was cutting it close on time and called for directions (as many folks do). I was so flustered that I left the house wearing my computer reading glasses rather than my see-in-the-distance glasses. Everything was out of focus the whole trip. I packed prescription sun glasses and sports glasses (which I wore during hikes), so there was no issue there.
- Razor – I use an electric razor. I packed the razor but forgot the charging cable. For a two week cruise there was no problem, but something to remember.
- SD Card Reader – I have a nice, small portable SD card reader for when I transfer pictures from my Canon to my laptop. However, it doesn’t have the fastest transfer speed. While on the Silver Origin I looked and saw my reader was USB 2.0, with a maximum speed to 480 Mbps. I’ve ordered a new reader with a max speed of 20 Gbps. That should help next time.
Two things I’ve learned from fellow passengers:
- Someone had a cool hat with removable side panels for sun/wind protection. Looked a bit goofy but worked well.
- Another passenger had a mount for his SLR camera attached to his back pack strap. That is certainly a better way to carry that weight compared to hanging it around your neck.
Strange thing – In my cabin I play music on my laptop. When using Lightroom, whenever I merged images together my music skiped. I guess my CPU is working overtime during merging.
You may remember when I took a stumble on Española Island, and my first thought was “protect the camera!” Turns out I did not do as well as I thought. I was that close to having a very different rest of the cruise. Now it’s just a war story. “There I was, facing a carnivorous penguin…”
This is my last post for my Galapagos trip. Thanks for coming along. I still plan on taking the South America Grand Voyage starting January 2023. If I do some exploring of Arizona before then I’ll drop an update here.
Take care and stay safe.