Papa November

I recently traveled on a ferry from Port Angeles, WA to Victoria, BC. If you are ever in Port Angeles, I highly recommend leaving. The ferry to Victoria is a good choice. It is a beautiful town and you might see some whales on the 2 hour trip across the Straight of Juan de Fuca. We didn’t see any, but we did see some really great driftwood and almost hit a cruise ship. I don’t think we were really in any danger of crashing into it, but Grant did his best to throw the passengers into a panic. He started screaming, “We are going to crash! We are going to hit that big boat!” That brought a lot of people to the windows.

While on the ferry I noticed this ax.

I like the little axe drawing next to it, in case you can’t recognize the object, maybe you will recognize it’s symbol. You may notice that it has an 8 next to it. I saw one with a ten. There are at least ten axes on this boat unsecured and within reach of anyone passing by, yet you can’t bring a swiss army knife on a plane.

Why all the axes? In case we hit a cruise ship we can cut our way out of our sinking vessel? Maybe board the cruise ship and commandere it to continue our voyage? I have a theory about the abundance of axes on the ship; if you are going to travel by boat you must abide by the rules of the high seas! All disputes are handled like true sailors, with axe fights! Loser is thrown overboard and the winner takes his car upon reaching port. The captian gets any loose change in the vehicle.