It's Not The Journey

It’s not the journey it’s the destination.
By now people are reading this and thinking “no he’s got that backwards” No I don’t. I don’t want to be misunderstood I love the journey also. Especially now that I am not sick when I look at the waves, I don’t have that blank look when Griff tells me to ease the sail or harden the foresail. I even know what he means amazing!
The journey, the sailing has been great I’ve enjoyed when the winds are blowing and we are cutting through the waves, leaning at 20 degrees, getting to a point somewhere off in the distance we can’t see but magically arrive at ”thanks to a GPS”.

But for me, the destination is the thing! I love arriving somewhere, looking about, talking to the people enjoying the culture. We were in Bequia and I got separated from everyone for a few minutes I went into the bar - it was more of a living room with some old guys in it. I started talking to them and when they found out I was Canadian they wanted me to sit with them. I chatted, which is something I do quite well, and it was great, by the time I was finished I knew one of them had been to Toronto, by the way if you tell anyone you’re from Canada that’s the first thing they say ”are you from Toronto” like that is the Canadian Universe. (People in Toronto think so!). Ok back to the people in the bar. When I finished taking to them I knew their names and how much old age pension was ($120 EC per month that’s about $60 US) and how disgraceful it was. I learned that if you supported the party that wasn’t in government you got a lower pension or sometimes no pension.

A little while later I was sitting and chatting with a kid I thought was about 21 but he was 32. The people here look a lot younger than they are. I think the secret is lack of stress. I found out he tried for the British army but the day he was going for his physical test he was running along the beach and fell in a hole and broke his ankle.

I like to mingle with people and chat. It’s something I’ve worked on because sometimes as a police officer you learn to not trust people. I tried my whole career to not develop this Us vs Them mentality.

I loved the diving and meeting our diving instructor chatting with her. What a life! Diving every day meeting new people from different places fantastic! I wish Griff had been feeling better he would have loved it! I often look out over the side of the boat and see the sunset or horizon and think, I can’t believe we are here! It’s great having friends with a boat that actually like our company for 3 weeks it has been and is continuing to be a trip of a lifetime!!

I do love this, going places seeing new things has been amazing and believe it or not I have enjoyed the journey almost as much as the destination maybe we should buy a boat?(Should I change the title?)