June 12-16 – The rest of the faculty boarded on the 13th with their families. These days were full of meetings of the faculty and administrative staff. We left San Diego at midnight on the 13th, and sailed to Ensenada, arriving at 7 am. In and around the meetings, I unpacked the library boxes (with help from some volunteers) and sorted them by reserve, reference, and general collection. (I carefully flattened the boxes and set them aside to save, but the crew, with their usual cleaning efficiency, wafted them away before I could take them to my room!) Later that day, after all meetings were finished, Mom and I walked into town and looked around. Mom did some shopping – she’s big on shopping!
The next morning (the 15th), the ship undocked at noon, and anchored in the harbor until the next evening. There was a lot of coming and going by big ships, so they needed the docking spaces – we saw the Monarch of the Seas and a Carnival ship, whose name I don’t remember. On the 16th, we docked at Ensenada again in the early evening.
Many of these meetings took place in the Union (a big amphitheater-type room where musical shows were performed when this ship was a cruise ship). Now, I'm not prone to being cold, but that room is COLD! Otherwise, I find the environment and temperature on the ship quite comfortable. However, everyone else is complaining about the cold.
