A Day In Paradise ~ Sailing on the Red Witch

It was like a day in paradise sandwiched between two days of hell.

 

But I'll take it.

 

Half a day on the tall ship Red Witch to catch a little airshow action and some wind in the sails...

 

I needed that and my soul just ate it all up.

 

It's a small world.

 

Last year when the tall ship HMS Bounty sank off of North Carolina in Hurricane Sandy I and millions of others were transfixed on the images on TV showing that beautiful ship going down in the Atlantic Ocean.

 

I was rooting for the crew to get off of there and make it home.

 

I'd noticed that one of the crew member's who'd gone through it lived in Blue Island just south of Chicago and I'd made a mental note to see if I couldn't get an interview with him and shoot him closeup.

 

I knew what he'd gone through and I wanted to let some time go by before I hit him up for the story.

 

And you know that the guy had quite a story to tell.

 

But my plan was fruitless and I never got to shoot him and hear him tell that tale.

 

Until yesterday.

 

I was talking to a guy on the crew of the Red Witch and he told me that his name was Drew and that he was from Blue Island.

 

Instantly my mind put it all together.

 

'You were on the Bounty when it went down weren't you' I asked him.

 

He said that he was.

 

I was standing in front of the guy I wanted that opportunity to shoot last year.

 

And I seized that opportunity.

 

I'll give you more on that later this week.

 

I had an incredible day on the Red Witch combining a lot of the things I love.

 

I hope your weekend was as incredible as mine... minus the day from hell on Saturday.

 

And I hope you're easing your way into your work week just fine.

 

Feel the love!

Done