Super Bowl Sunday in Golfito!
Today is our last day in Golfito. Everyone’s had a good time, but I think we’re ready to be on our way. At the moment, however, most people are focused on the Super Bowl just a few hours away. We’ve been told, as I posted yesterday, that a projector is going to be set up on the helo deck so we can watch the Super Bowl as one big group, which should be a lot of fun! Tonight freshmen have a 2100 curfew, so we’ll all be watching it on board. I’m at the Maritime Bar writing this post, and they have the Super Bowl pre-game show on TV but the audio is all in Spanish, so it adds an unusual twist to the Super Bowl.
Last night was a lot of fun. The majority of Mass Maritime cadets on liberty ended up at the Maritime Bar, so we had another night of partying together. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alert is in port with us right now, so the crew was at the bar with us. I hung out with them for a lot of the night, which was a blast!
Tomorrow we’ll be under way again, steaming towards the Equator to go through the infamous shellbacking ceremony. There’s been a lot of buzz on the ship about it now that we’re mere days away!
That’s all I have for now. I’m going to go hang out with my shipmates for the last few hours we have in this port.
On a side note: I took the video below the day we left Buzzards Bay. I think it’s a cool way to show parts of the ship to people that would otherwise not be able to see them. I’ve also provided a few pictures of Golfito and the Enterprise.
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Your reports are all very interesting. Using Mozilla Firefox, I note that sometimes when launched with the URL, sometimes the latest does not show until the title line is clicked.
Also, I got to this comment from your direct e-mail to me because it said there was a “video below” which there was not. But going for a comment brought me to this comment box and there is the shaft alley video big as life.
RGRDS
Just wanted to tell you that you are doing a great job. I love reading your blogs. My son is in the same company as you. It’s nice to get a feel of what you are doing and seeing. Thanks for the wonderful information. I look forward to your blog every day.
Thank you very much for your blogs I have enjoyed
them very much.
My Nephew is on the ship and from his email he has
had a great time.
Even though it is school the experence is a great one
for all of the young people aboard.
Thanks again
Laura