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Tom · 09-23-2000, 08:43 PM

Char, wow...you've been everywhere! I've been to alot of the different United States, my favorite place is the Outer Banks in North Carolina. (It's around where the Wright Brothers flew the first airplane). I like Flordia too. I've been to the Middle East(Pyramids, Holy Land, etc) Germany, France(Rhine River cruise). Amsterdam. I have a story about Canada. I almost died on a vacation our family took with my grandparents around 1966. We traveled way up north to a big lake in Canada called Lake Nipagon(not sure of spelling). We were out on my Grandpa's boat and up came a storm. Big waves. I was scared that we were going to sink(I was around 5 yrs old) and I remember my Dad arguing with my Grandpa, my little sister crying, etc. I went to sleep in the cabin & when I woke up the storm was over & we were heading in...alive!
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To add to my "Waves" story, I talked to my Mom about it tonight. I guess my Grandfather heard from a friend that the fishing was good at Lake Nipigan, so we all took a seven day "fishing" vacation in August of '66. There was eight of us(Grandparents, my Parents, brother & two sisters)on my Grandpa's boat, which at the time seemed huge...but was a dinky 19-footer, with Mercury outboard. I guess we had traveled a couple hours to a sunny beach. It started clouding up so we were heading back and the winds picked up and all of a sudden a storm started. I guess my Grandpa wanted to turn around, but my Dad was arguing that the waves were too big, too dangereous-we should go with the waves. I suppose the Lord was with us that day, for we probably wouldn't have survived the freezing water.
The next day I guess we went out again(not as far), and the differential or something broke on the outboard, & the only was we could get back in was going in reverse. Thank God it didn't happen during the storm.

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"...If YoU fEeL iT yOu BeTtEr BeLiEvE iT, yOu'Re GoNnA sEe It, YoU nEeD tO kNoW/iT iS rIsInG lIkE a FeAtHeR, dIpPiNg & DaNcInG fRoM bElOw/ThErE's A nEw WaVe ThAt Is BrEaKiNg In ThE wAkE oF a PaSsInG sHiP/eVeRy NaTiOn'S gOnNa Be ShAkEn, PuT iT tOgEtHeR, dOn'T lEt It SlIp..."

[This message has been edited by Tom (edited September 26, 2000).]

09-23-2000, 08:43 PM	#19
Tom Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Detroit, USA Posts: 280	Char, wow...you've been everywhere! I've been to alot of the different United States, my favorite place is the Outer Banks in North Carolina. (It's around where the Wright Brothers flew the first airplane). I like Flordia too. I've been to the Middle East(Pyramids, Holy Land, etc) Germany, France(Rhine River cruise). Amsterdam. I have a story about Canada. I almost died on a vacation our family took with my grandparents around 1966. We traveled way up north to a big lake in Canada called Lake Nipagon(not sure of spelling). We were out on my Grandpa's boat and up came a storm. Big waves. I was scared that we were going to sink(I was around 5 yrs old) and I remember my Dad arguing with my Grandpa, my little sister crying, etc. I went to sleep in the cabin & when I woke up the storm was over & we were heading in...alive! -------- To add to my "Waves" story, I talked to my Mom about it tonight. I guess my Grandfather heard from a friend that the fishing was good at Lake Nipigan, so we all took a seven day "fishing" vacation in August of '66. There was eight of us(Grandparents, my Parents, brother & two sisters)on my Grandpa's boat, which at the time seemed huge...but was a dinky 19-footer, with Mercury outboard. I guess we had traveled a couple hours to a sunny beach. It started clouding up so we were heading back and the winds picked up and all of a sudden a storm started. I guess my Grandpa wanted to turn around, but my Dad was arguing that the waves were too big, too dangereous-we should go with the waves. I suppose the Lord was with us that day, for we probably wouldn't have survived the freezing water. The next day I guess we went out again(not as far), and the differential or something broke on the outboard, & the only was we could get back in was going in reverse. Thank God it didn't happen during the storm. ------------------ "...If YoU fEeL iT yOu BeTtEr BeLiEvE iT, yOu'Re GoNnA sEe It, YoU nEeD tO kNoW/iT iS rIsInG lIkE a FeAtHeR, dIpPiNg & DaNcInG fRoM bElOw/ThErE's A nEw WaVe ThAt Is BrEaKiNg In ThE wAkE oF a PaSsInG sHiP/eVeRy NaTiOn'S gOnNa Be ShAkEn, PuT iT tOgEtHeR, dOn'T lEt It SlIp..." [This message has been edited by Tom (edited September 26, 2000).]