Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 1 - Daybreak - approaching Panama City
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 2 - A glimpse of Panama City at daybreak
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 3 - Sunrise over Panama City....a storm is brewing!
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 4 - the oncoming storm as we approach the Bridge of the Americas
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 5 - The storm causes a delay of 1.5 hours...the cruise ship and other vessels wait for it to pass before it can proceed through the canal.
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 6 - the storm caused havoc on the bow...most people ran to stay dry....
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 7 - a few hearty souls braved the elements...I was one of them! My reward was being able to get a spot at the front of the bow to take pictures as we go through the Canal!
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 8 - still NO visibility - the freighter is also waiting to go through the canal.
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 9 - finally after the delay it is our turn to enter the canal. Because everyone ran from the rain, I got to be right at the front of the bow of the ship! It poured continuously all the way through to Gatun Lake.
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 10 - leaving the Pacific side and entering the Miraflores locks....the ship enters the lock, the gates close and it fills with water, raising the ship up
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 11 - waiting for the water to fill the Miraflores locks
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 12 - Miraflores lock..limited visibilty in the canal...Holland America photographers waiting to capture us coming through
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 13 - water filling the Miraflores lock...26,700,000 US gallons of water are required to fill it from the lowered to raised position.
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 14 - finally clearing up! It takes about 17 minutes to fill each lock.
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 16...the gates of the lock open and we head into the Pedro Miguel Lock.
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 17....leaving the Pacific....sailing into Lake Gatun.....
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 15 - Reach out and touch -the clearance on either side of the cruise ship is 18 inches!
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 18 - one of the 4 mules, that pulls the ships up into the locks
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 19....I am now at the stern of ship going through the Gatun Locks, being lowered down
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 20 - watching the gates close as we go into the next step of the Gatun Locks
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 21...watching the gates of the Gatun locks close as we are lowed into the next step
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 22...watching the gates of the Gatun locks close as we are lowed into the next step
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 23...looking back at other vessels as they come through the Gaton Locks
Rosey-Noelle so far behind, trying to catch up:
Panama Canal Cruise 24...watching the gates of the Gatun locks close as we head into the Atlantic/Carribbean.