THE AZAMARA JOURNEY IS ABOUT TO DOCK IN SAGUENAY, CANADA

Next, Saguenay, Canada, in the province of Quebec.  To start, some topics which made headlines in the news that were recently featured in this blog site:

• COVID is spreading in these regions right now — here are the symptoms to watch for.

Health: COVID-19 Is Surging Again — And These Regions Are Facing The Sharpest Spikes

• Overall, your chance of getting COVID-19 right now is on the lower side, but it is certainly still possible, Angarone noted.

• Two days ago, my posting alerted you to these prospects.  Here is the alarming statistic about this article:

COVID test positivity rates, which measure the percentage of positive tests out of all tests given, in the United States is 11.2%, which is up from 9.9% last week and 2.7% in May, according to CDC data.

• At 5%, the community is warned.  At 10%, precautions should begin!

Yesterday, my posting talked about how, since the Azamara Journey left Iceland, I have mostly been in a Groundhog Day rut.  Well, yesterday, was a far better day, which I'll go into tomorrow.

About hurricanes:

• Hurricane Lala caused a lot of problems for the state of Hawaii, but we are recovering.  Lala became a hurricane on August 15 southeast of Hawaii, is now way west of the state, but was still a hurricane, until today, now at 70 MPH.
• Tropical Storm Moke is near 50 MPH, and is expected to slightly weaken over the next 24 hours.

• Is moving west northwest at 12 MPH on a similar path as Lala, but a bit more south, and the eye will pass  slightly further away from the Big Island today.
• Rainfalls could reach as much as 15 inches on the Big Island, and up to 6 inches on Maui.
• The Gulf and Atlantic have been awfully quiet this season, but three Atlantic systems have just formed that could strengthen.  The peak of this region is September 10.

• The most dangerous current ocean storm is Typhoon Saudel in the west Pacific.  Became a typhoon two days ago, strengthened into a Category 4 at 130 MPH yesterday, but weakened a bit to 125 MPH today.

Headed for Okinawa.

Then towards China.

Some photos from our Azamara Journey doings on board.  We sleep late and then have a huge buffet lunch, with two drinks, or more.

Lunch when we were docked right next to downtown St. John's, Newfoundland.

Chocolate and pineapple ice cream to end lunch.

Cocktails before dinner.

Dinner.

Desserts.

Another dessert.

Goodbye St.Johns.

Then, after dinner, to the Cabaret Lounge for theatrical entertainment.  Sasha Kovalyov at the piano.

Followed by dancing in The Living Room to end the evening.

There were two evenings when there was no band, and we instead wore earphones.  There were three channels playing different songs, so partners and teams could dance together.  The color represented the channel.  Watching the whole group moving in three different ways is a form of entertainment.

If the internet improves, tomorrow our graphics of an actual day at sea where we got out of the Groundhog Day rut.  I'll soon know, because we are within minutes of docking at Saguenay.

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