My Fellow Explorers,
Thank you for documenting your expeditions and making copies for Beri and I to read. We have enjoyed each photograph and story immensely. The perfect nightcap! Below is a recent account of my own.
I can’t quite explain how, but I had the wonderful and uncanny experience of stepping forward in time to the 11th of March, 1940, to board the Western Flyer vessel and see it off on its journey to the Sea of Cortez for the purpose of documenting the ecology of these relatively unexplored watery habitats. The voyage is to be documented by a marine biologist, Ed Ricketts, and a local man called John Steinbeck.
Posing with the Admiral, his wife, and the Western Flyer itself!
Monterey lindy-hoppers gazing off at the horizon, musing what adventures may come!
Met a Naval PostGraduate man and a naturalist!
A brisk walk aboard the vessel one hour before departure, accompanied by the sea shanties of local fishermen.
View from the Captain’s Quarters!
On-board entertainment!
The crowd of toe-tapping landlubbers gathers for one last photograph!
Dancing on the wharf, wishing a bon voyage to the captain and crew!
I regret not inviting you all to this send off, but if you’re ever passing through the old fishing village of Monterey, please make time for a dance with my friends of the “Cannery Row Jump!” You can easily find jive, jitterbug, lindy hop, and (my favorite) charleston lessons and dances every week of the year.
Respectfully,
Beri and Bessie