I swear this is the cutest dog I've ever seen. Go watch a quick slide slow of Tatyiana.
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Following is Randy's "lost" email from Monday, June 12 that finally arrived Friday, June 16. I'm adding it here so his emails will still be in order, more or less.
Undelivered Monday message, which the system took until Thursday to tell me hadn't been delivered. My error - misspelled your email address - but the response time could have been a little quicker.
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From: Knight, Randall
Sent: Mon 6/12/2006 11:53 PM
Subject: wallowing
"We hightailed it from Golfito to Cocos, making the trip in about 19 hours. But we have about 38 hours to make the return, so we're poking along quite slowly. As a result, we're "wallowing." I presume that's a technical term since I've heard a couple of officers using it. They were grumbling that they'd prefer the captain go faster, then simply anchor off Golfito until Friday morning. Nonetheless, here we are. Wallowing along.
"Gorgeous day today. A mix of sun and clouds and blue water. We could see thunderstorms off in the distance, and I expected them to get more common as the day went on. Instead, they seem to be dissipating.
"I'm somewhat stiff and sore from yesterday's heroic exertions. And I have a cold. The last couple of days had been sore throat days, and now I'm into wheezing and blowing. So I don't feel real great. It's hard to know how much is the cold and how much is the reaction to yesterday. I took an antihistamine, which made me drowsy, so I napped a couple of hours this
afternoon. I have to give a midterm after dinner, so I don't have to think but I do have to stay awake.
"Golfito arrangements are a little hazy, other than arrival at 8:00 tomorrow (Tuesday). We're tying up at a banana boat dock. I would say that Golfito is just a wide spot in the road, but I'm not sure there's a road. I heard one report that the population of Golfito is about 300, but I can't verify that. There are bars (no surprise) and a few restuarants and a gas station. The ship is going to run shuttle buses to a couple of beaches, but one is an hour away and the other (supposedly a surfing paradise) two hours away. We'll have to wait and see if these are any better than the virtually nonexistent shuttle that was arranged in Lima.
"I don't know if I'll go to a beach or not. It will probably depend on how accessible we find the local rain forest. One guide book mentions 'an' internet cafe, but, as above, we'll have to hit the ground to see what the true situation is."
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