This was a bucket list item for us: a transit of the Panama Canal. It was one step above watching paint dry, but it was still good. We went through the original locks, but we saw ships traversing the new, expanded locks.
It took about 10 hours to traverse the canal. It was interesting, to a point, but got boring after the Gatun Locks. We retired to our cabin to nap.
The locks are an engineering marvel. The ship is pulled through by electric locomotives. It wautas a tight fit – about 2 inches on each side.
We had dinner with Andy, Kevin and Jill. Good dinner. After dinner we went to a show by Jonathan Arons, a very energetic trombonist. Good show.