Day 6-- Panama Canal transit

entered the Gatun Locks at 7am on schedule.. a nice sunrise...  on the approach to the locks saw a mucho large crocodile catch a fish in frint of about 2 dozen Turkey Buzzards along the bank.. grabbed a few nice pics..  a welcome bunch of clouds eased the heat..while going thru the 2nd chamber saw this odd looking animal along the east bank running thru the grass.. half ardvaark--half raccoon or so it seemed--it is a Coatimundi...  a nice transit thru Gatun lake followed then on thru the 'ditch'..on to Pedro Miguel locks followed by Miraflores locks before we approached the Pacific Ocean..looks like the NEW Canal is pretty close to be ready as we pass adjacent to it .. a lot different from when we last were here in January 2013 when it was 'without water'.. great day on this our 6th full transit of the Canal...

Croc grabbing a meal before the Canal entrance

Coatimundi wandering along in Gatun locks

Day 5-- just a sunny day at sea

a hazy mostly clouded sunrise greeted me before 6am up on the Lido Deck-Aft.. it sure got hot though--86* and sunny-- as I secured our space on the Navigation Deck-aft with Margaret & Peter joining us ..came in 2nd with golf chipping at the pool 60-55 points.. close but no ceegar  we head into the Panama Canal early tomorrow morning .. and the Canal Webcams  http://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.html?cam=Miraflores

Day 4-- Aruba

early day as we docked in downtown Oranjestad ARUBA at 7am..nice breeze ..on this 80+ degree sunny blue skies..walked downtown and on over to the Renaissance Marina..gotta feed the geckos