Flower Power Cruise: Day Four

Ray

The problem with trying to write blog posts while on the Flower Power Cruise is that there is not time to write because there are so many events to attend.  That is really not a problem, though, is it?  We have had so much fun that we have signed up to go on the Flower Power Cruise 2017. 

                                 The Buckinghams

 

This seemed to be the table where the Buckinghams liked to have breakfast.

Day four was busy with two Q&A sessions, a TV Guide presentation of Then and Now, Wine Tasting with Micky Dolenz and Gary Puckett, and an awesome concert by The Guess Who.  There was a Psychedelic '60s Dance Party at 11:00 in the evening.  I wanted to get some pictures of it, but there was a fog machine doing its thing and so all of the pictures are like looking through a purple haze.  I did not stay long because we have a busy day in Key West tomorrow.

Mark Lindsay, two members from the Family Stone and Gary Puckett Q&A session

Q&A Session with Felix Cavaliere and members of the Guess Who and The Grass Roots

The Question and Answer sessions were fun.  We tried to get there early enough to get a decent seat.  These were quite popular and filled up quickly.  We learned a lot of interesting trivia about the guests.  Mark Lindsay told about living in the house where the Manson Murders took place.  He had moved from there a short time before the horrible murders.  He said that once, when friends of friends were visiting he noticed a strange man sitting in front of the refrigerator.  Mark Lindsay asked someone who this man was and the answer was, "Oh that's Charlie, he's okay."  Of course, Charlie was not okay.  It sounded like it really gave Mark Lindsay the creeps knowing he had met Manson and also that if he (Lindsay) had not moved, he might have been at the house when the Manson Family killed Sharon Tate and four other people.

                 More pictures from the Q&A sessions

 





Mark Lindsay



Gary Puckett

Gary Puckett was singing at the same venue as Red Foxx.  Puckett approached Foxx after the show and said something like, "Thanks, loads for making fun of my name."  Red Foxx replied, "It's better than having Don Rickles call you a hockey puck.

Ray and I like to go to the wine tastings on a cruise.  This cruise had special guests join us:  Micky Dolenz and Gary Puckett.  Gary Pucket brought a pretty woman with him, but we never found out if she was his wife or girlfriend.  Here are a few pictures of the wine tasting.



Gary Puckett at Wine Tasting



Micky Dolenz at Wine Tasting

Ray and I at the wine tasting wearing our John Lennon hats.

Or course, we brought Cy along for the wine tasting.

Cy is relaxing at the wine tasting.

Cy joins us at the wine tasting.

After dinner we headed to the theater for The Guess Who concert.  I have already said that it was awesome.  People were dancing in the aisles and, of course, singing along.  The pictures will tell the rest of the story.

                                                        The Guess Who

Day Five will be spent at Key West, and then packing everything for departure.  It has been so much fun and still one more day to go!

Flower Power Cruise: Day Three

Today our ship was docked at Cozumel for the whole day.  Last time we were here, Ray and I went horseback riding.  This time we decided to take the Atlantis Submarine to see ocean life.  This is a small submarine that cruises a little more than 100 feet below the water.  Ray was surprised that I suggested we take this excursion because he knows that I don't like to be in enclosed spaces.  I could barely get through a docked submarine museum boat at Pearl Harbor.  I think the difference is that in the submarine in Hawaii I kept thinking about the people who lived in that tiny tube during World War II.  I walked quickly from one end to the other while Ray took his time looking at all of the equipment.  I just wanted out.

But The Atlantis was different.  Yes, it was a tiny tube, but there were portholes lining both sides.  There were seats in the center facing the portholes.  I was so fascinated with the ocean scene that I forgot about being 100 feet below water.  We saw all forms of ocean life; sponges, corrals, all kinds of colorful fish and a sting ray.  There was a sunken ship, a mine sweeper, that had been placed there to create an artificial corral reef.  As we passed the ship we saw a number of scuba divers exploring the area.

The Atlantis

Inside The Atlantis

Little fish were swimming by the porthole.

This shows that we were 109 feet under water!

I would have loved to have spent more time exploring the ocean floor, but we had to surface to allow another group of lucky people have their turn.  As we surfaced, "We All Live in a Yellow Submarine" was played, and of course, there were forty some people singing along as we climbed the ladder to the welcoming blue sky.

Ray wanted to stop by The Three Amigos Cantina for some nachos and a margarita.  This place is modeled on the movie, "The Three Amigos".  The server suggested we pay one dollar more per drink and get a larger size.  Ray was shaking his head no, as I was saying, "Go ahead."  Ray had already ordered one of their special 'El Guapo' shots called Viva Amigos.  I should have listened to Ray.  I am not much of a drinker of alcohol, and this one was a bit much for me.  Needless to say, we retuned to the ship where I took a nap.

 

 

Neither one of us was hungry so instead of going to dinner for a big meal, we went to the buffet and got something light to eat.  On our way back to our cabin I heard Beatle music, so we walked down six flights of stairs to where the Beatle's tribute band, Brit Beat, was  playing.  They were great.  There was even some man portraying Ed Sullivan who announced some of their songs.

The evening ended (for us) with a Blood, Sweat, and Tears concert. Bo Bice was superb in singing the lead. He sounded like David Clayton Thomas but delivered the songs in his own style. I had forgotten how much I like their music.  Ray got to hear me sing along 'You Make Me So Very Happy'....a song I sing often to him. 

There is still much to do tonight, but I am going to bed before midnight for a change.  Tomorrow has even more activities, concerts and fun.  Here are a few pictures from the last couple of days.

The Buckinghams at Poolside

Buckinghams

Micky Dolenz and Peter Noone at Question and Answer:
Remembering the British Invasion

Beatle Tribute Band, The Jukebox