February 15, 2004
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Sailing with Dolphins
I had been told that when sleeping on a boat, one has strange dreams. I dreamt, those nights on the boat, but my dreams were not memorable.
What is most memorable to me was not during my sleeping hours, but during my waking hours.
I was really surprised when dolphins showed up swimming next to the boat. I mean, I knew there were dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico, but after all that fog and the lightning, dolphins were totally NOT on my mind at all. So when I saw them breach the water next to us, I was so happy! It really seemed as though they were curious about us. And they always seemed to show up at the right time. . . when I was feeling tranquil. It was eerily as though they were reading my mind. Sometimes, I would get this strange feeling that I was not alone, and I would look over and there they would be! It was very strange!
Has anyone else experienced that? It’s sort of creepy, but kind of nice.
One of my shipmates took pictures and movies of them. When he mails them to me (if he mails them to me) I will post those too.
Audrey Mestre, World Champion Freediver
