Being a Dog Runner means you
have lots of time to not run dogs...which is nice sometimes. You never
know where you're going to find an adventure. Below is a short tale from
my time crossing the Pacific Ocean on a 38 foot Sailboat from Kauai, Hawaii to
Sitka, Alaska.
"When I am old, and have
had enough of these shenanigans, I'm going to write a book and call it "Fire Moments."
Fire moments are when you experience
something that isn't necessarily unusual, but is still fantastic. I have this
feeling every time I am at a campfire outside under the stars. I think Fire moments are
why cave people never thought of building a TV for 3.5 million years...because
why would they? when they had things like Fire,
Stars, Phosphorescence and other "Fire Moments."
I have had a few more Fire Moments since
I last wrote. The most amazing has been the Whales. The first whale sighting
was just like the last time I saw a whale in a sailboat and almost hit it...I
couldn't say anything...literally speechless untill I gulped "oh
Shit". We missed a sleeping Gray Whale by less than 40 feet, the
length of our boat.
I'm not sure how large this guy
was, but he was at least a boatlength. And just the other day we had a whole
"family" of these giants follow us for ten minutes, not more than 20
meters away, surfing down the waves behind us. You can almost see them
look at you, with their Inky Black globes for eyes. A true Fire Moment."
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