07-30-2015, 11:48 PM
I love dolphins sooooo much. Once when I was bringing a 36 ft. sloop from England to Portugal a school of dolphins went by the boat I was sailing going the OTHER way.....about 50 yards from me......they turned around, caught up with me (easily), then they crisscrossed the bow of the boat, surfing and playing, riding the wave the sloop was creating....coming within one inch of the bow and they kept crisscrossing. I laid down on deck over the bowsprit.....I could have touched them...but I was just satisfied that they were playing so hard.....it was an astonishing experience. I can still see it in my mind like it was yesterday........it was so intentional and playful....when they tired of it.....they swam away, once again going in the OTHER direction......I was like a detour or recess for them.
Here's a bigger version of the same thing.
Here's a bigger version of the same thing.
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence - Desiderata