We woke up for breakfast, but would have been woken up fairly early anyways. A parade of Neptune’s minions went down the hall, playing music and waking everyone up. We assembled on the top deck at 0900 for the ceremonies to commence. King Neptune and his court assembled near the pool, and we took the sacred oath in unison. The actual ceremony for each pollywog is to bath in fish guts, kiss a fish, kiss Neptune’s rings, and then dive into the pool. Shaving your head was optional, but of course I did it. A very select few of us took it the farthest step, down all the way with a razor. So I’m completely bald right now. I then did the ceremony after shaving my head. I’m a proud member of Neptune’s court, an ancient sailing brotherhood. It’s a good feeling.
The rest of the day was also excellent. We ate lunch, then chilled out on deck for a while. I doubled up the sunscreen on the top of my head, and will for the next couple of days. Dinner was a cookout, hamburgers, ribs, hotdogs, ice cream sundaes. It’s been probably the best day at sea so far. Right now, it’s just after 7 in the evening. There’s a presentation in the Union at 8, and then we’re all just going to hang for a while.
Hail Neptune!
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I'm so impressed by your travels and your writings so far. I look forward to more and I hope you can get some pics on here.
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