Daily Archives: May 28, 2025

It’s the beginning of a quote from either Lewis or Clark, I cannot recall which one.

“Ocean in view! O the joy!”

These words were uttered when one of the two above mentioned explorers first spotted the Pacific on their westward journey.

Today I literally shouted the same when I laid sight of the Atlantic.

We’ve begun our annual summer vacation. It’s four families with 8 adults and about forty kids and a handful of grandkids. Outer Banks, North Carolina.

But my reason for saying that line has to do more with fear than joy. You see, tomorrow morning at 4:45 AM my wife signed me up to go sixty miles off the coast in a small fishing boat with instructions to “bring back a good haul for the week.”

1. I hate fish.
2. I have only fished once in my life.
3. I am terrified of the ocean. It’s so vast and people have been dying in them since the Dawn of time.

So say some prayers I make it back. On the upside, I’ll probably get sick and vomit everything I ate on the 22 hour drive to get hear (straight through) so at least I’ll be nice and trim for the rest of the beach week proper.

Our Lady, Star of the Sea, pray for us!