Dropped off at The Big Drop Off
I AM SNORKELING at a site in Palau called The Big Drop Off. I have snorkeled many amazing reefs around the world, from Ras Mohammed in the Red Sea to the barrier reef in Belize, but I have never seen anything quite like what I am gazing at today.
There is nothing here. It drops off into an unfathomable, endless, turquoise-blue abyss. I look down below me into vast nothingness. It is eerie, creepy, intriguing. Occasionally, an indolent shark, a giant sea turtle, a flapping stingray swims up out of nowhere. They look at me and I look at them, then they silently swim away. I am alone with these magnificent creatures. I paddle along the wall, staring into infinite blue, excited, enchanted, afraid, mesmerized.
I have reached the end of the world.
Hi Ann, Did you go from Flying Tigers to Delta after furlough in early 1980’s?
Hi Judi! I was hired by Delta in January 1998.