The Panama Canal

The alarms went off at 4:30 a.m. this morning. We didn't want to miss a minute of this journey through the Panama Canal. We sat on our decks and watched all the ships in the sea waiting their turn to get to the other side of the ocean. About 5:30 a.m. they opened the door to the deck on the front of the ship on 7th floor and we went out there to get a first hand view of the ship going through the canal. We didn't get through the canal until almost 9 a.m. Thanks to my cousin Peg, for watching us go through the canal. We ordered breakfast in our rooms, but didn't really have much time before we had to leave for our onshore excursions.




Rita and Sharon took a long bus ride and then a ride in a clay canoe to an Indian Village where they spent the day.





Barb and Linda had breakfast in the Atlantic Ocean and lunch in the Pacific Ocean as they took a ferry to go through the locks that took us out to the Pacific Ocean. We got to do some shopping today too, so we were all excited. We enjoyed our day onshore. We are very tired from the heat and humidity, but anxious for our onshore excursions in Costa Rica tomorrow. Sharon is going ziplining and the rest are going to a banana plantaion and on a bus ride to learn more about this country