We got up very early this morning as we were to arrive at the Gatun Locks on the east end of the canal at 6:30am.\u00a0 It was extremely humid and hard to keep lenses and glasses from fogging up.\u00a0 It seemed that every passenger on the ship was up to watch us enter the first locks.\u00a0 This was the main reason for the trip for nearly everyone, including me.<\/p>\n
The canal was impressive, and to think it was built around 100 years ago!\u00a0 There have been improvements and modifications but the basic infrastructure has not changed all that much. All that work without modern earth-moving equipment must have been backbreaking.<\/p>\n
We got through the Gatun Locks in less than an hour and then we were out on Gatun Lake for several hours.\u00a0 Got to the locks on the Pacific side just after lunch.\u00a0 We had been told it would be later than that but later I learned the average passage time is around 7 hours.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the tall masts on The Wind Star mean we can only go under the Bridge of America in Balboa at low tide.\u00a0 Hence we are docked until around 11PM before we can continue into the Pacific.<\/p>\n
The weather was hot and sunny all day until we passed through the last lock and then we had a cloubburst with rain so hard the decks had 1\/2 inch of water running on them.\u00a0 Now (3:45pm) it’s overcast and still raining.\u00a0 Another on-deck barbecue was planned for tonight.\u00a0 Don’t know if it will happen but I’m sure all will be fine.<\/p>\n
Two more days until we reach Costa Rica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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