Day 23 -Friday June 3rd

Aloha everyone-

We’re getting close now (less than 200 miles away!) and needless to say,
VERY excited. We’ve been blessed with good winds still, most of the
time. Today Jim & I were sitting in the cockpit during a squall in the
early afternoon. I was writing & trying to think of the right word. Two
words I was playing with were ‘delighted’ and ‘amused’. Suddenly I
thought I saw a fin in the water a few hundred feet away from the boat,
behind & to the starboard side. Squealing with delight, I kept looking &
saw it again. It came closer to our boat & then we saw TWO of them &
they began jumping out of the water, side by side. It was our first
dolphin sighting!!! John & I went to the bow, hoping they would show up
again to play with us, but alas, they did not. Maybe tomorrow. This is
what last night’s 1AM-4AM watch brought up:

SOFTLY SHROUDED INKY SEAS
OFFER UP MILLIONS
OF MINI LIGHT-BEINGS
AS INTENTION SLIDES
LIKE A KNIFE THROUGH BUTTER
IN EQUATORIAL HEAT
AMAZING CONTRAST OF EXPERIENCE
FROM ONE HOUR TO THE NEXT
JUST WHEN THIS WILD FRONTIER
THOUGHT HE WOULD CLAIM
THIS WEARY, BEDRAGGLED NYMPH
SHE IS AGAIN REVIVED
BY THE GENTLE, FEMININE TOUCH
OF MOTHER NATURE
SPREADING FORTH HER FINEST GIFTS
HEALING BODY AND SOUL
LIKE SLATHER OF SWEET SALVE
IMPREGNATED WITH INTOXICATING
HONEYSUCKLE, PLUMERIA, ROSE, GARDENIA
LACED WITH AMBER, SANDALWOOD, MUSK & MYRRH
SUCCULENT, LUSCIOUS & WILD
GRATEFUL FOR JOURNEY
OF SOFT, SURREALISTIC NIGHT DREAM
BECOME LUCID
OH, LET ME LEVITATE AT WILL
FAIRY BUBBLE NAUGHT
FOR IT IS WARM, SO DELICIOUSLY WARM

Much love to all,
Darla