Monday, August 19, 2019
Day three. Got up about 8:00. Mary got up, showered and dressed before getting me up. We fought with the shower chair today. We made it through, but we had to reconfigure the chair so it will work going forward. Mary went for breakfast on 14 while I stayed in and did little. We were out the door near 11:00. Our first stop was the casino to see if anyone was playing poker. There wasn’t. We sat there for a bit before going to seven to pick up pictures taken so far. There were about 25 pictures. Some turned out nice. From there we went down to five so Mary could get tea. She got me an iced coffee too. We sat there listening to the string duo do songs like Metallica’s Nothing Else Matters. It was surprisingly good. We were sitting outside the pizza parlor and the smells called me. I decided we should get pizza so we did. Mary had pepperoni. I had shrimp and mussel. Both were good. After that we decided to try our luck at the blackjack tournament. It cost $20. You play seven hands and you count what you have left. The first $20 I had nothing left. Mary had ten left. We decided to try again. This time I ended up with 23 so I made the qualifying round – so far. Qualifying goes until 2:30. If I still qualify there is a final round in a few nights. While there Mary bought scratch offs – won nothing. We entered the lottery which goes tonight. We got to try any angle to make a buck, I guess. On the way back to the cabin we stopped by the Future Cruise desk. Nothing solid yet, but we are thinking Asia somewhere next time. Back in the cabin I wrote this while Mary napped.
It’s now 3:30. We just came back from a wine tasting event. We had three whites and three reds. I’m always on the look out for a great white wine. Reds are easy as I know that I like French reds – old wines. I like sauvignon blanc for whites, but finding a great white eludes me. The cabernet we had today was really good – Pine Estates or something similar. I really like these tastings because I can taste things I wouldn’t normally buy. We are back in the room. After napping for two hours – we both zonked – we headed for dinner. We went to the dining room. We were given a pager because there we so many people ahead of us. It was about 45 minutes later when we were seated. The waiter found my wine bottle from last night. I had beef satay and red snapper. For dessert I had brie and gouda. My food was good. I ordered a glass of port that was really good. Mary had potato soup and pork chop. Both were good. /for dessert she had fruit and a bowl of honey yogurt. Mary said it was all good. We were seated with a couple from North Carolina. Of course, I couldn’t hear much. Mary talked with them. They are doing the same two trips we are doing, but they did some five day thing before this trip.
We went to the casino. There were no poker players. We sat there for twenty minutes. We put some money in a slot machine and lost. Despite our nap we were ready for bed. Tomorrow will be busy so to bed we go.