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August 30, 2008
Out to sea
Vancouver has this beautiful downtown park, called Stanley Park. (This is the same guy as the Stanley Cup.) I went running there one morning, and out in the bay I saw a giant oceangoing container ship waiting a few miles off shore. We came back a few hours later, and the ship was still there.
I felt really bad for the sailors aboard that ship. They had just sailed across the Pacific, from some exotic port in Asia, and after days or weeks at sea, they are almost to land, drinks, and women. Hell, just to be off the ship must be a reward in itself. Yet here they were, within sight of a giant city, where they could see people walking along shore, having a wonderful time. But they were on the ship, waiting. After weeks at sea. I couldn't imagine how frustrating that must be.
Anyhow, that picture is not that ship. In a cruel twist of fate, my camera's battery ran out a few days ago, so I have barely any pictures of Victoria or the boat rides over and back. This container ship looks exactly like the one I saw that day. This one by passed our ferry in Puget Sound on our way back to Seattle, and in fact it sailed about half a mile in front of us before heading out to sea. That was a little too close for comfort, but as you can see, we didn't collide. No Andrea Doria here!
entry no. 1203
Posted at August 30, 2008 02:26 AM