Beginning of the 70th bithday cruise

We both had a wonderful night of rest in the Comfort Inn despite the party outside and 4 floors below. We heard the revelers several times but not so loudly that it bothered us for long. We got up and looked for the street sales we had seen advertised yesterday. We found some stores that were open early and went to look for pants for me. We found some and bought them. The salesman was Jewish and wanted to make the sale, so he met my price of $25. We also found some vinyl that we can make into a Tripoli board. We returned to the hotel, finished packing and went to the pier In a limo at noon. We were in our stateroom by 1:30. We ate lunch on the ship and sat on our balcony for a while. We also took a picture of the Statue of Liberty for Rosalie. We then dressed for dinner because I had to wear long pants to the restaurant. I wore them to the first night’s show at 7 before going to dinner. The first night is an introduction of the performers who will be entertaining on the ship the rest of the week. We ate dinner with a younger couple from NY state. We had a great conversation with them about motor home experiences and problems with vertigo. We went to the Dazzles lounge for 1 dance. The floor is too small to really dance, so everyone just rocks back and forth. We came back and went to bed.