Offering to Neptune
24 March 2009 | Pacific
Scott
Bon soir nos amies (We started listening to the French tape today, and thankfully have a head start over our dismal showing in Spanish.)
We are still plodding along in conditions virtually identical to yesterday. Mary broke down today and in desperation tried offering Neptune a big shot of rum in hopes that the waves would calm down a bit. It did not seem work and I am pretty sure that it would have been more beneficial filtered through her liver first.
I am happy to report that Finn has started a thriving book store at the nav desk. He has an inventory of what turns out to be a very good selection of our favorite books and is willing to bargain. The store issues its own credit cards and apparently is authorized to print currency. We did have several conversations about customer service / business ethics. At one point today, Finn was requiring everyone that went up or down the stairs to buy a book from him. It appeared to be some combination of a toll system and a monopoly. When we get home we may want to put him in charge of the 520 bridge replacement project.
The excitement this afternoon was spotting a big sea turtle. We oohed and aahed as it passed and we were able to see it at eye level in the waves. Mary amused herself for a time by sitting on a cushion and sliding from one side of the boat to the other as the boat rolled. Other than this it was just another day of hanging out on the boat.