Today, I joined a group of women Olympic hopefuls aboard Holland America's Ryndam. Eight or nine of us gathered in the basketball court for our first Olympic competition. I donned my Canada T-shirt, hoping to do my country proud. Basketball may have been invented in Canada, but I a sorry to report I was a disappointment, sinking only two baskets out of a possible eight. On each “sea” day, another Olympic event will be held, and the highest cumulative score will win the Gold medal. I am hoping future events will require less skill.
I also entered a ship building contest, roping a couple of unsuspecting gentleman onto my team. Teams are required to construct a ship out of various recyclable materials found on the ship – like casino buckets, water bottles and chop sticks. Sea trials will take place the day before we dock in Tampa. It's a bit like Okanagan College's spaghetti bridge building contest. The winner will be selected based on floatability and creativity.
Finally, this afternoon Dean and I played Trivia, which is played on each “sea day.” The team with the cumulative high score will be crowned the Trivia masters at the end of the cruise. Naturally, we named our team “North of 50.” We scored a respectable 11 out of 15.
Talk about a small world. What a boost to my ego when a man in the trivia crowd recognized the name of the magazine and said his wife was following this travel blog.
What a compliment with regards to North of 50 ! That is brilliant and a testament to the quality of your magazine! I see your strengths lay in trivia and not bouncy balls (-: That's okay, I hold out hope for your success in the ship building contest...I bet if your allowed to use some Curly Wurly's for bonding material together, then your a shoe-in for 1st place! Now go get 'em...Nera White (-:
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