Let's take the bus.

 

“Get up in the mornin', get on the bus

Get up in the mornin' like the rest of us

Places to go, important people to meet

Better not get up or you might lose your seat

Bus rider.”

Up until last March, these lyrics made a lot of sense. If you worked in the city you might take a bus, train, or cab—today, you take a seat in your home office, living room, or anywhere in your home that offers free space. 

If you live in a large city, and need some form of public transportation, your options are fairly abundant. In other words, if you needed to get from “Point A to Point B” and have money, consider it done. Right now, those individuals who were available to take us are in desperate need to do their jobs—-I am really looking forward to the day when they are back and so are we. Unfortunately it’s not on the near horizon but is a lot closer than we were just a few months ago.

Okay, enough of that…

I have written before about my love of the underwater world as a kid—-if you recall, that ended one fateful night when I was on a date and saw, “JAWS.”

It really shouldn’t be an issue for me, because since seeing the movie, if I get up to my ankles in the ocean, I will step back to where only the top of my feet are exposed. Even though there is little chance anything could happen, I still think about it. I am a real joy to go to the beach with as you can probably tell—-but I will go. As long as I can stand far away.

So where am I heading with all of this? Well, a number of years ago I went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, CA. As luck would have it, we were provided a behind-the-scenes guided tour of the facility. Part of the tour was above a tank that was deemed at the time, “the world’s largest.” It also housed sharks…and as we walked along the parameter, let’s just say I had visions of my becoming a meal. Finally when we were down at the base of the aquarium I was able to breath again. For sure this was a “one and done” experience for me.

The photo above was taken a number of years ago at the Georgia Aquarium. I had scene photos of it in a photography magazine and when I knew I was going to be there on business, I knew I had to go see it. The whale shark in the picture is the size of a medium bus—-I didn’t think about it at the time, but when I was leaving to go back to my hotel, my mode of transportation would be my two feet.

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