Traci hits and kills a manatee

Traci, having a great time driving the boat. This is her first time, does it look like she is going a little too fast for a novice skipper?

Traci grimaces as she sees something large and slow moving in front of her. But she doesn't turn.

The rest happened so quickly I was unable to document it. I'm surprised she didn't kill us too. The manatee proved to be a speed bump from which we took 2 or 3 feet of air. It was bloody enough, Traci felt bad enough that I kept my camera sheathed. She's still crying . . .

could it be?

After a few months absence I'm writing here again, as if anybody is listening. Most of those this blog is intented for told me recently, in person, that they read it once or twice and never went back. Thats why you see all those "0 comments" at the bottom of my posts.

Traci and I are in CT for a few more days. We're making our rounds of the USA, visiting family and friends before heading back to Asia for some more free time. We spent a little over a week in IA with Traci's family with loads of children coming out of walls. They were everywhere. Luckily, I'm good with some children now. Since arriving in CT, however, my slavedriving aunt and uncle put us to work with the cider press. If this were my own, and not a stolen computer, I would upload the video I took of it when my overseers weren't looking. But my computer is still dead, upstairs in a bag far nicer than what it holds. Tomorrow we go the NYC to get our visas for next year. It'll be fun with Bush and all being there, clogging streets and being a general nuissance.