The stars wrap all the way around this disk of ocean and we're floating in the very center. They almost touch the horizon. Slight wisps of nebula swirls around them and they grow by the thousands the longer I stare. And I can't stop staring. Leo roars at Venus to my left. Ursas major and minor are fully visible to the right of Leo. And behind me there's the ever dependable Scorpio and Libra with Jupiter and Saturn on either side. I keep opening my eyes wider as though this action could help me take in more of the sky at once, but I still find myself sitting up and swirling my head around as far as my neck will allow on all sides. I never want to forget this feeling. This feeling of being nothing more than a pair of eyes in the center of everything.
Day 15
We made excellent progress today. When I went to the bow, I was struck once again by the intense strength and power of nature's elements, wind and water. Together, they are a force beyond comprehension. When the air is still, the water is like glass; tranquil and hushed. But when the wind blows, it stirs up the ocean and creates a new creature: one of unprecedented strength and unrelenting power. We aren't here to fight or dominate it. We simply wish to quietly pass through and observe the creature's moods.
Day 14
Three miles below the keel of this boat, there is almost certainly a snail who will never see or feel the sun's light. Just as we will never know his world, even though we both inhabit the same one.
Mom and Dad are driving to Canada right now. They're going roughly the same distance we are to Bermuda. They're going 70mph and we are going the fastest steady pace we've had in two weeks: 5. They'll arrive in Quebec tomorrow.
Day 13
It's a full moon tonight. So bright that it outshines almost all of the stars. Everything has been slow the past many days and it's been very stressful. We've concluded that we're in the doldrums, which means that we need to get north as quickly as possible to find our wind. Spirits are back up since Frank is comforted by his contingency plan to get off at Bermuda if we can't make it fast enough. I'm nervous and it is completely out of our control.
Day 9
There's a whole world below our floating home. It's strange to attempt an understanding of an ocean floor that is 3 miles down. We are slowly skimming the surface of a section of our planet that is inaccessible and unknown to us. And yet it is the majority of the Earth.
Today was a good day. We moved consistently East, though quite slowly. We realized that our fishing lure had been lost and replaced it with a new sparkly purple squid. Within a few minutes, a fish had bitten and we pulled it up. It was delicious. I have never caught food and then eaten it. The experience brought us closer to the Ocean in a way that felt very natural. A school of flying squid passed by us while we were napping, and one landed on the deck. We hooked it and used it for bate. A school of tuna also graced us with a show of great power and speed as they arched out of the water and hunted near us. We are relying on two elements during this journey: wind and water, and today, they both provided.
