Bridge Tour (7/29/2012)

Today I got a tour of the bridge (the place where the ship is steered.) It was very anticlimactic to see where the captain steers the ship from because it was this tiny little steering wheel about the size of a golf cart steering wheel. I think in my imaginations I had wished for a giant steering wheel like that seen in pirates of the Caribbean J There were so many cool instruments to look at in the bridge and interestingly enough the crew also tracks everything by hand just in case something were to happen to the electrical equipment. The guy showing us around was about my age and he was a cadet in training which was interesting to see. Overall, today has been a very productive day and I am avidly counting down the days until Morocco. This evening I am sitting out on the back of the boat observing the general splendor that is the ocean at night and listening peacefully to the waves.