On channel 3 on our onboard TV system is an info channel that cycles from heading / wind / speed information to weather information to a gps map of whereever on Earth we are.

Yesterday, as I woke, a tiny sliver of the Eastern shore of the US appeared on the screen for the first time. Delaware and Virginia were the first things to appear.

This morning, the eastern half of Florida was visible. Now you can see the whole peninsula, plus some more. You can see pieces of Kentucky, Tennessee, and other states; soon we'll be seeing the US with our EYES.

Everyone on staff/crew are in a tizzy because apparently a ship's first visit to the US in a long while is met with much hassle and perturbation by the US authorities ... coast guard inspections, customs, immigration, etc.

We get off the ship earlier than expected, though - they had to cancel the Key West overnight, and as we were to disembark the second morning we'll have to get off the ship in the evening of the 22nd after our show. They'll put us up in a hotel and we'll fly home as planned on Wednesday morning.

Yay.