Doug Kerr
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Aboard the Ruby Princess, somewhere off the "Mexican Riviera".
Douglas A. Kerr: Untitttled
Best regards,
Doug
Douglas A. Kerr: Untitttled
Best regards,
Doug
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Aboard the Ruby Princess, somewhere off the "Mexican Riviera".
Douglas A. Kerr: Untitttled
Best regards,
Doug
The reason I was on the Ruby Princess was that Carla participated in a special 10 day cruise event out of Los Angeles, down the "Mexican Riviera", to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Red Hat Society.
As many of you know, the Society is a social order for mature woman who "just want to have fun". It has 50,000 members in 34 countries. Carla is the founding queen of the chapter in Alamogordo, N.M.
The cruise event was sponsored by the headquarters of the Society (it is of course called "Hatquarters") and was arranged by a travel agency closely linked to the Society and tun by a Red Hatter and her husband.
And of course I went, as Carla's driver.
Here is our vessel, the Ruby Princess, lying off the port of Loreto, Mexico.
Carla C. Kerr: The Ruby Princess off Loreto, Mexico
Passengers (including Carla) taking the shore tour traveled to and from shore in the vessel's "launches", which are in fact also her survival craft (once known as "lifeboats") which are quite elaborate (we see them with the orange superstructures).
We get a better look at the ship in this shot, as she lay in port at La Paz, Mexico.
Carla C. Kerr: The Ruby Princess at La Paz, Mexico
It gives new meaning to part of the ship being called the "bridge". She has a capacity (lower bunk basis only) of 3080 passengers, and a crew of about 1200. The overall length is 951 feet.
There were 100 Red Hatters on the group, plus four of their husbands (two of whom were with the travel agency). Here the group is having a group picture taken near one of the ship's four swimming pools by the photographer from the travel agency just before the ship sailed from the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California.
Douglas A. Kerr: Red Hatters at a group picture
Well, time for supper. More later.
Best regards,
Doug
Looks like a wonderful trip!
Had I known I would have come to meet you. San Pedro is relatively close to us.
I am so thrilled to hear about this grand adventure. Kudos for your stamina and the huge amount of organizing to actually get this altogether and properly funded and organized!
Aboard the Ruby Princess, somewhere off the "Mexican Riviera".
Douglas A. Kerr: Untitttled
Best regards,
Doug
No, just a passer-by.Is this Carla?
No, just a passer-by.
But this is Carla in a similar -- motif (in 2011):
Douglas A. Kerr: Carla in red
I see.
Maybe you would enjoy the following song, then. I find the passage around 2:10 particularly relevant.