This is the second day of fishing on the Excel. Actually we aren’t’t fishing, we are traveling SW at 15 mph from noon yesterday, all night, and all day today to get to where the good fishing is. There are some pretty good size waves and the boat is rolling quite a lot. I have to be careful walking, hanging on guard rails all of the time. I woke up about every thirty minutes last night literally rolled over in my bunk. We have rails on the bunks so we don’t’t fall out on the floor. I have the lower bunk so I don’t have far to fall if I did. With just travel these two days I have had lots of time to read, memorize, and write. There are about 20 other guys on the boat so we do a lot of visiting. I have shown a lot of pictures of my grandkids.

One of the major blessings in my life are the number of different experiences that I have had. There is something about new experiences that spices up life and makes your energy level rise. I am at the age (my birthday is today and I am 77 years old) where new experiences aren’t as appealing at first because they usually move you out of your comfort zone, but now that I am in it I am very excited to be here. I can’t imagine what the experience of entering heaven will be like and it will continue to be new and exciting for eternity.