Unfortunately there is no good news to report on the fishing front. We had a strike that got away. So the score stands Peter (Ben) 4, Jake 0, fish 3. And we haven’t yet designed that “one for the fish” or “people” flag. Anyone have a design suggestion?
We do have news of Peter. When I last reported he was winging his way to Providence without the keys to his truck in Jamestown. His life didn’t get any easier. The flight from Pittsburgh (or Philadelphia) to Providence was canceled, so he caught a flight to Hartford, where he was picked up by his brother, Tom, who lives in the vicinity. The next morning Peter was able to get a key made at the Hartford Chevy dealership, and then Tom drove him an hour and a half east to Jamestown to pick up his truck, after which Peter drove 5 hours west to get home. After all that, this morning he was back to normal, taking his son Peter Sione to school as usual. The good news was that he had a chance to visit with his father while he was in Connecticut. We all hope Peter’s saga is over; that his finger will heal quickly; and most of all that he does not get an infection. Thank you, Peter, for all you did to help us. We’re really sorry for all the glitches that made your life difficult.
We have a rather exciting (to us) piece of information. Our sirius radio is working out here. That means there is a possibility that the football fans will get to listen to the Packer game tomorrow night. We’re all hoping for continued reception and a Packer win.
Last night Jake, Leo and Ben witnessed a strange celestial phenomenon. I wasn’t awake, so at this point I’ll turn the description over to the guys. Kim first noticed a strange star off to starboard (right side). It was flashing red and white. It looked to her like a light on an airplane or helicopter, except that it was stationary. Then it was our turn. Leo first saw a bright object off our port side, half the distance from Orion to the horizon. Leo saw it just before Ben came on watch to relieve Jake. Ben, Leo and Jake used binoculars to observe this thing, and found that it had a rotating red light with a bright blue light in the middle. Sometimes there were as many as 6 different lights visible in this object. In addition, there were now 3 more red and white lights off to starboard, and 3 additional lights to port. None was as strong as the bright one below Orion. This all occurred at 11:30 pm and at 29 03 N, 65 04 W. Jake tried to radio the nearest sailboat but they were out of range. He wanted to call Bermuda Radio, but Ben talked him out of it, convincing Jake that they would make an immediate reservation for him in the loony bin. Leo and Ben remained on watch and followed the path of all seven objects. They seemed to rise as the rest of the stars maintaining their relative position in the sky. As the larger one got overhead, its light pattern became red and white, and then mostly white, but other colors were visible. As you all know, items in the Eastern sky rise and in the Western sky, set. It surely was strange. It is hard for us to believe that what we saw were stars. If anyone has any ideas, please let us know. Welcome to the twilight zone…or in our case the almost midnight zone. P.S. It is 6:30 pm, we’ve all been on deck having dinner and the first red/blue/white object has come into view between Orion and the horizon. And we’ve all seen it. It’s either the twilight zone or the loony bin for sure!
We hope you are enjoying your weather as much as we’re enjoying ours, with best wishes from the crew of avalanche at 26 degrees 49 minutes N latitude, 64 degrees, 57 minutes W longitude. (to see where that is, go to maps.google.com and search for: 26.82, -64.95)
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