Birthdays

Different boats, different burgees, different centuries, same guy.

Only wish I could say 30 years before the mast.  The one on the left was made on my 40th birthday, the one on the right within a couple of weeks of 30 years later which would be today,  On that day in 1982 I woke up 1,000 miles off Cape Mendocino, California, to a cabin filled with balloons, a few small, tastefully chosen gifts and 24 hours off watch to enjoy the half rack of Olympia Beer and the jug of tomato juice my shipmates had brought for the occasion.  I liked red beer in those days.  The one on the right was taken in late September this year on a boat in Southeastern Alaska by one of the people who was there in 1982 also. But, today woke up in a borrowed house alone and planning to head later to Dairy Queen and get one of those ice cream cakes they are famous for.  Life does take us on strange courses, doesn't it?