Puerto Villarta. Well, sort of ...

This entry was well underway, as follows ...

We have been well aware that Island Princess is sandwiched between two tropical storms. One minute they're being called hurricanes and the next minute they're called something else. Last evening, during dinner, a scheduling change was announced to explain that, due to Hurricane Norbert, we would cut the stay at Puerto Villarta just short enough to allow us to make a wide swing around the west side of the storm and still make Los Angeles on time. Things changed this morning

7:50am: sunlight just enough to allow sight of coastline south of Puerto Villarta. Then, we noticed the ship turning sharply to port. Within minutes, the Captain announced that this port call is cancelled. The storm is larger than previously scaled and we would require much more time to skirt it on the west.

OK. We settled for that. The several of us sharing a table for morning coffee blithered together several more lies, each trying to top the other with our own blather. Mine was of watching our wake pattern and realizing we were turning long before the latest announcement. Well - so much for that bit of news. More was in store, so this morning's entry continues ...

8:25am: noticed another change of course, another turn to port, soon the sun now on port side. New announcement: a medical emergency requires us to make Puerto Villarta after all, but only long enough for an evacuation.

Now (9:00am) we see that we have made a large, oval-shaped 360. The ship is precisely where it was an hour ago.

Shortly we will know if we can make a photo from one of the higher decks to share here. If not, there are other pictures, from other cruises. The problem for you is the guess-work. Is it real, or is it Memorex?