It will be a week tomorrow that I have been in full commitment to Patrick and Melanie's sail boat. We are working hard to get everything in order, and we are basically ready to go but we missed the last window to cross the gulf stream, because we are still waiting for a specialized part to arrive in the mail. We are in the mercy of the direction of the wind to tell us when to go, a window usually opens up around every 7 days, so it seams we will be here for another few day still, which will be useful to get the last details sorted out.
All the sails where open, that boat catches a lot of wind
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This past week has been great. Every day I go from "Otarie" Sail Boat to where Quick Silver is docked. we work for the days and then I go back to Otarie to eat and sleep... It has been a true pleasure to be doing this everyday. I got to meet the crew of a Canadian Sail Boat called Ghost Dance. Gram, Rob and Joanne very friendly peeps from New Brunswick, Canada.
Quick Silver's first ride on open waters... It was very foggy that day, .5 km visibility. This is Jameson, Pat's friend who was working with us.
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It takes about 25 minutes to row from Quick Silver to Otarie that is anchored at the end of the harbour, and it is usually a very enjoyable ride weather in the morning, dusk or night time...Enjoy the photos and videos on my flickr page (click here)
This is the v-birth of Otarie, where I sleep at night, that window allows for the moonlight to shine thought on my face... delicious nights!
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I'm hopping I get to see my friends from Conch key before I leave the states for good.
Moments before the sunset, I was rowing under the Boot Key Bridge on my to Otarie!
Dear Laurie,
About 24 hundred miles after I had the pleasure of your acquaintance, Now in Key West as I was browsing older blog posts, I stumble on your comment.
First off, I am so sorry that you felt under appreciated on the blog, after re-reading it, I can see how you did. However, The blog only represents a small percentage of my feelings on the road, the feelings of gratitude and friendship I felt for you after being welcomed so well at Pepacton Natural Foods, were beyond what is in the blog. However I can also add that after all these miles on the road I have really been learning about the power of reciprocation, I notice that my posts now days are much more detailed to thanking those beautiful human who help me along the way. So what I can tell you now is that you are a fundamental part in my journey of human-ness. For this I salute and thank you.
The factual details of how I drank 10 litres of fabulous free coffee and hogged your only internet connection for 3 hours that you had to chase an UPS truck down the street. I'm sorry. I hope that you don't hold yourself back from offering your hand to others because of the experience your had with me. If being on the road has tough me anything is that accessing ones human-ness by offering help, trust and friendship is the best thing we can do to another that goes way beyond physical/factual/minor details, and it has a profound impact on us, consciously or unconsciously.
wishing you all the best,
Lalo