Sailing Thirty Foot Swells (OWPC: Hurricane)
This week’s theme word for the One Word (Weather) Photo Challenge from Jennifer Nichole Wells is… HURRICANE.
Hurricane Sandy instantly came to mind as we were headed to New York City on our cruise at the exactly the same time she was scheduled to arrive. Except she seemed to be coming in on her broomstick, we on a ship.
Overnight swells reached thirty feet, by the time I took this photo, the swells had decreased to just eighteen feet, nothing really in comparison. Looking at this photo it’s just looks cold, wet and miserable but trust me, the swells were still there.
Thirty minutes earlier, Master Thirteen, who was eleven at the time, and I were sitting in the dining room waiting for breakfast. As he watched the ocean go up and down as the ship went up and down, he first turned pale, then turned white.
He made it until just as his breakfast was served then alas we needed to be beat a hasty retreat. It was the fastest I’ve EVER eaten breakfast however as who knew that riding the waves could make one so hungry, lol!
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Yikes, what a story!
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And of all the times for Hubby not to be with us, lol! 🙂
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Such a lovely image, though it sounds like I would have gotten super seasick!
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We closed the curtains, turned off the lights, turned up the television and stayed in bed… hurricane, what hurricane, lol! 😉
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haha good plan.
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Its a little scary to think that the only thing keeping you from a dip in the ocean is the glass fencing huh! 😄
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Well, when you put it like THAT, it’s a tad scary, lol! 🙂
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lol! maybe I’ve been watching too many movies😄
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