How fortunate to have Countrymen such as these 

October 15 , 2022

I’m writing a bit out of sequence and I’ll catch up with posts about the trip  from Block Island to Annapolis in the next several days, but I wanted to relate an experience that happened today….today. The crux is how an old Air Force guy from a Navy family felt saluting on the stern of his sailing vessel during retreat anchored not 500 yards from the United States Naval Academy and accidentally meeting several midshipmen at a cool lunch spot after sourcing a replacement stays’l reefing line. These young men could not have been nicer or more kind to share some of their, what had to be, precious off time with me. All the way back to Rejoice from lunch ashore, I could not help but think how fortunate we are to have countrymen such as those I met today. It would be easy to blather on, but this post is about them and their kindness. I gave them the website address and hope they’ll check in to see their photo and stay connected with the trip. I noticed in the picture that several of them will be graduating in 2023. Congratulations in advance and thank you for your leadership. I’m pretty proud to be your countryman! 

PS: I followed a T-2 Buckeye out of Navy Dallas in a T-38 and reported reaching FL 240 before he reported reaching FL 180… just say’n. Irrespective…today it’s Go Navy! (And you have faster jets now!)

Thank you guys!