Random Trip Notes

I took the ferry to the Big Island yesterday...sailing on peaceful waters. Noticed the
interesting patterns on the ocean surface...and couldn't help wondering what caused them. A woman from North Dakota sitting nearby...was wondering about the same thing.
She called herself a "nature girl"...and kept marvelling at the beauty...on and across
the water...reminding her husband that there wasn't anyrhing like this where they came
from. It was a fine day for crossing...the sun coming out of thick clouds from time
to time. The skies combining with the water and its myriad shades of grey and blue...and sometines...muted silver...and with closer dark islands or misted ones
further away...to weave a dream tapestry...that we were priviliged to be sailing through. On Vncouver Island...we passed a picture Vicent Van Gogh would have painted...
a large field of bright orange pumpkins...with blue...grey...and red jacketed parents
and children...weaving slowly through them...intent on choosing their perfect
Halloween pumpkins. I arrived at my destination...feeling refreshed by all I had seen...to meet again with some good people...in one of my favourite places...Victoria...British Columbia................Quester.