Sunday, January 10, 2010

Should I Be Scared?

Ba: Should I be scared, right now, because I'm not.

Gary: No, but you should be tense.

Ba: Good, because I am.

That was our life on Saturday.

We traveled 35 miles in 6.5 hours. It was COLD, RAIN, AND FOG!

Fortunately, we were in manatee zones for most of our travels. That's good because boats can only go at idle speed. That's bad because it takes 6.5 hours to go 35 miles.

Things didn't get tense until the Intercoastal and the open ocean met. The only thing, between the two, was a sea wall.

As Cara says about Gary - he has a plethra of useless information...The sad part is that I think it was a compliment.

Anyway some of Gary's information regarding the ocean and the Intercoastal meeting was this...when we get close to the open ocean the air will cause fog (I can't remember why), and will move into our path. BOY, was he right.

The other unfortunate piece of the puzzle was that collision of air hit right when we were beside six, yes, six, cruise ships. We looked really small when sitting beside really big cruise ships. Thank heavens, they were sitting still. Between the fog and the cruise ships, it was, to say the least, intense, but we kept plugging and got through it.

We didn't make it as far as we had hoped, which means we have another 20 miles to go on Sunday. But, then we should be at our "first" final destination - at least, for a month.

Psalm 37:7 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him.

2 comments:

  1. Yikes!! Did your boat come with a fog horn?! :)

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  2. Thank you for the post...what a friend :)

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