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Far off, shrouded in the mists and the gray light of morning, was a white streak down the face of a distant mountain. I asked Teresa to hand me the binoculars and there, through the glass lenses, I first glimpsed the falls some five miles away. Over the next hour we drew nearer, mesmerized by the sight ahead. With every mile that fell behind us, the beauty of the falls magnified. No mountain top could be seen, only a gray veil of clouds and out of these clouds the falls erupted — waters from heaven flowing freely down the gray rock face. Only twice did the stone capture the rushing torrent, but the rock could only hold on for a short ways, then again the waters would escape the mountain’s grip to fall ever downward toward the sea’s embrace. One expected to see a river flowing the last few yards into the waters of Hotham Sound, yet it was as if, tired by all the rushing and tumbling down the face of the mountain, the waters just faded away, melting into the trees and rocks at the base of the falls. Drifting at the base of the falls,
looking up into the gray clouds and down to the sea below I, again, felt
We did a lot more sailing and had some great sails going all the way down to Olympia, but my heart was still standing on “Fantasy’s” deck looking skyward, watching waterfall from the heavens.
truly small, humbled by the wonders of nature unfolding there before me. Then there was the sound, now
clearly heard as I has shut down the engine—a constant, invasive roar, not just heard but felt, a tingle throughout the body right down to one’s soul. Over the years I have been privileged to witness some pretty remarkable sights, and even though most of these wonders were seen from works of man, all were the work of nature. I may never get to see this wonder again, though I will certainly try, but knowing it and others like it, exist is enough. There would be
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many more wonderful days ahead but this one day would become the most remembered, the most treasured. Although we were again to be
rained on, the summer’s cruise worst weather seemed to be behind us. No, the sun did not come out with fluffy, white clouds filling the sky but a least we were not to see rain day after day after day. What also ended, as we left the Desolation Sound area, was a sense of true adventure. We did a lot more sailing and had some great sails going all the way down to Olympia, but my heart was still standing on Fantasy’s deck looking skyward, watching waterfall from the heavens. In the end we accomplished all we
had set out to do. Even though a larger boat would have been somewhat more comfortable we did fine, actually better than fine. We had just spent the summer cruising the “Big Water” and came back richer for the experience, with many a story to tell. We had lived a dream, we had lived a fantasy aboard our sailboat, Fantasy.
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