Thursday Thirteen Code

Thirteen Things about Places I've Been 1. On a local ferry named "La Bamba" between St. Thomas and Tortola in the British Virgins. 2. On a sailboat in the Caribbean, island hopping, with Cap'n Frank, 1st Mate Veronica and deck crew Tom. Barbecueing on the back rail, chasing the Laughing Gulls away, and drinking funny punch. 3. On a ferry between Edmonds and Kingston watching the dolphins chase us, having my first Coke (it came up my nose), and on my way to stay in Poulsbo with Grandma Hayes and Grandpa Alec. 4. On a sailboat I named the Enjoye in San Francisco Harbor, once tied to the pilings of the Bay Bridge for the night, and several nights being towed back to Alameda since we had no money for an engine. 5. On a 13' boat out of Sekiu with 10 foot waves and 18 salmon on board! Just trying to stay in the boat and clean 18 fish was a real trick! 6. On a Sea of Cortez tour boat in the harbor at Cabo San Lucas, watching Argentinians dance and waiters pouring Tequila Sunrises. 7. On a sailing pirate ship in the harbor of Cancun with lots of swashbuckling pirates sailing the ship, and then being by pirates from another ship. Very entertaining! 8. On a 13' Valco motoring out to the dolphin at Mission Bar at midnight with no lights and just for fun! Very quiet and full of awsomeness. 9. On a float plane on Great Slave Lake out of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, to see the tundra terrain from the air. The natives took floatplanes wherever they needed to go, like to a doctor or a hospital, and tourists/fishermen used them to get to floating fishing camps. 10. On a rowboat on a lake (St. Mary's?) in Glacier Park, Montana. 11. On a ferry from Anacortes to the San Juan Islands (Guaymes, Shaw, San Juan, Orcas). Totally beautiful and wonderful on a sunny day. 12. On one of the tall sailing ships, a barque in Port Gardner Bay, when it sailed in to give tours. 13. On a 16 ft. runabout with 10 ft. rollers in the Straits of Juan de Fuca when Joe O. and Tom were seasick, Karen and Jason not much better, and I piloted the boat back to the dock!

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