A Sad Day

A Sad Day   …   Monday 15th April 2013

We had a very busy day - rented a car and headed in to Jacksonville to visit the travel clinic and get some vaccinations (HepA) and anti-malarial prescriptions ready for our visit to South Africa at the end May. When we got back we took the boat into the dock to top up with fuel and water. Consequently we weren't listening to any news and it was only after my brother Martin called that we realized that there had been a bombing at the Boston marathon. It never ceases to amaze me how many sick people there are in this world. It is so hard to imagine why anyone would want to do such a thing.Thinking about this takes me back to a theme that Gloria and I have discussed many times over the years. If you look at mankind as a whole we have developed enormously over the past 2 millennia particularly from a technological point of view. However, we see no evidence - none at all - that humans are any more civilized today than we were 2000 years ago. We like to think that we now live in a more caring or enlightened society - I really don't think so. 

Anyway, on a more upbeat note we plan to start heading north again tomorrow - working our way up through Georgia and South Carolina over the next week or two. We'd like to sail off the coast as much as possible but will no doubt do some sections in the Intra Coastal Waterway when it's more convenient or weather dictates.

Mike

Brown Pelican in Breeding Plumage