February 16: Second Day of Five-Day Passage to Hawai'i

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Overnight, Nieuw Amsterdam moved to the back side of the low-pressure system to the north that hit the West Coast. Much of the day, the ship sailed through 10-foot waves out of the northwest from that system. The captain dropped back to normal cruising speed, and the stabilizers significantly reduced the waves' impact, but there was enough motion for some passengers to drink ginger tea and eat green apples.

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This morning, I was reviewing some pictures. The biggest difference between the picture of my birthday cake on the left and the one on the right is that the one on the left was taken in 2017. I cannot recall where, but I must have been on a Holland America ship that day.