If you are being run out of town...

I saw a poster once years ago that read: If you are being run out of town get in front of the crowd and make it look like a parade...

I always liked that. I don't know why except that it appeared to make something good out of an otherwise bad situation.

I have contacted the Sea school and will be attending classes in December. By Christmas I will demand that everyone call me "Captain Staci" :-) After which I will go down to the Navy Base marina where we used to keep our 25 foot Parker and reminisce about the old days.

I learned how to drive and dock in this marina that's not much bigger then a backyard. Those poor guys...they used to tell me that when I was offshore they would raise a flag with a blonde head on it to warn other mariners that I was out there...I remember the day when I panicked at the helm as I was first trying to learn to use counter rotating engines. It's supposed to be fairly simple. I kept spinning in circles in the marina and almost slammed into the dock. One poor guy was watching me in horror and literally walked off the dock and fell into the water.
Of course that was several years ago, and after many hours of training and Coast Guard Auxillary School classes I am now ready for Sea School.
Those were the days....
Yep... Captain Staci