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October 24
Today we are transiting the Panama Canal. Early rise morning and out on the veranda to watch the 3 entry locks. Very interesting procedure.. We are currently cruising the Gatun Lake, which we entered after the first 3 sets of locks. The transit takes from 7am till 5 pm to complete.

Wednesday was a sea day. We were playing black jack in the evening at a table for 6. They had random drawings for 7 prizes within the casino area. Our table won 3 of the prizes. I won flowers for my stateroom, and Walt was the big winner for the evening. He won $500!!!

Thursday we had a very quick 6 hour trip into Cartagena, Colombia. Our tour included the old walled city and the largest fort Spain ever built in the New World. It was a very warm and exceedingly humid day. Bob said it was just like Vietnam including a monsoon, where we got totally soaked to our skin.
The camera stopped working and took 18 hours to dry out. We still have wet clothes hanging around, as well as wet shoes. We had a 45 minute shopping break, and of course that means EMERALDS!!!
I bought some loose stones to have set later in San Diego. Bought Colombian coffee too.

Today is Jan’s birthday and we are going to have lots of party time!!!!!

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