Have you ever sailed before? I have, and you won't
believe what happened. Well I guess I should start at the beginning when Uncle
Johnny first showed up at our door. We had heard a lot about Uncle Johnny from both
Mom and Dad, but we never really believed that he existed. I mean we never saw him,
he never called or sent us anything by mail, and his adventures always sounded too good to
be true.
It was just so hard to believe that all of those things
could happen to just one man. I mean, how many people do you know that have been chased by
lions in the African jungles, lived with the Eskimos at the North Pole, owned a kangaroo
farm in Australia, and flown a hot air balloon across the Atlantic?
We loved all the stories, but thought that our parents
were trying to teach us about other parts of the world by the many adventures of
"Uncle Johnny". That's why we were very surprised when he actually showed up at
our door.
He burst in, wearing his sailing clothes and without so
much as a hello he said "Let's go sailing!" My dad tried to get out of
going, but Uncle Johnny had an answer for every excuse my dad came up with. My
mother wasn't successful either. Within an hour we were all packed into the car and
heading towards the marina. Now as you can imagine, what started out as a simple sailing
trip ended up as a great adventure. Let me tell you all about it....
