The ships in Gatun Lake are waiting their turn to go back through the Panama Canal (I call it "treading water")
We are entering the Gatun Locks.
A new, larger cut is being made on the other side of the checkerboard towers.
Our Onboard Authority, Tom Ryan, said that the "mules" won't be needed to guide the ships through---new more powerful tug boats will be used.
I felt like I was looking at a giant Thomas the Train when I saw the mules on the turntable.
Not all of the ships going through were cruise ships---some looked like rust buckets.
The people above were probably on one of the excursions---they reported back that it was very interesting watching from their perspective also.
When we went to lunch, we were seated by a window and could see the canal walls from a new angle.
Like an Alaskan Cruise, everyone should try to take a Panama Canal Cruise---the only way to see both of them is aboard a cruise ship.
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