The story of the Pelican…

We find birds to be a very special animal and believe that they have some connections to things. On Dad’s birthday, he called Mom and me up, just to look at the water and sky. As soon as we pop up, a large pelican lands right next to us on our mainsail. Mom and I are standing in the cockpit and Dad is on the dock next to it. The pelican sat there for the longest time, cocking its head looking at us, and keeping us company. It let me walk around in the cockpit snapping a million and one pictures of it, looking at me for some of them. It was just amazing. It took off in flight, which I luckily got a snap of, and rounded around the boat and met Dad at the bow, where he had walked up the dock and stood. The pelican landed next to him and continued to watch him. Dad was able to walk up very close to the pelican and stand next to him. He sat there longer than we could stay out and look at him. We ducked below to get warm and by the time we could get back up, he was gone. It was Daddy’s birthday present.