For those of you who are following our published itinerary, you may have noticed that we were scheduled to cross the International Date Line on February 1. Due to a change in plans; however, we did not actually accomplish this feat until February 5.
For the benefit of our second- and third-grade friends at Salem, here’s a description of what happened. There’s an imaginary line through the Pacific Ocean all the way from the North Pole to the South Pole. It is called the International Date Line, and it is very interesting. You can probably find it on the map in your classroom. Of course, there isn’t really a line in the ocean. It is only visible on maps. When you sail across this line, though, an amazing thing happens. If you are going from west to east, you “lose a day”. If you are going from east to west you “gain a day”.
We went to bed on Sunday, February 4 and woke up on Tuesday, February 6! There never was Saturday. We lost a day. Just like that. Right now it is 21 hours earlier for us than it is for you in California. The picture on this post is a picture of Camden and Kloee’s Papa’s watch which shows two different times on it. One is the time at home and the other is the time where we are. As we sail closer and closer to home our time will get closer and closer to your time until, by the time we get home we will all be back on the same time again. It is confusing, but it will all work out.
Camden and Kloee are having a good time, and they want to say, “Hi!” to their friends at school.
Blessings,
LInda
good to hear from you from …. “down under.” what a marvelous experience exploring ’round the globe–you’ll be giving the hosts of globe trekkers a serious run for their money….stuck in boise, id where our “winter” now is just a tad lower in temp (52 deg F) than where you are….james