Glow in the Dark Dolphins and an AWESOME Tour Day in San Diego - 2

I must say today was my favorite day of all so far on the voyage. We had our first official boat tour in San Diego , and I wish I had a microphone running below deck all day and night. We had tons of amazing students, researchers and boaters on board non-stop and the conversations ran the gamut from awesome new solar technologies to farmers markets and San Diego book clubs. We had groups from San Diego State University, Scripps Institute, San Diego City College , and fellow sailors. At one moment today, I looked around the boat and saw Robert Swan speaking to students in the cockpit, Mark the Captain speaking to a group in the doghouse, and students chatting away on deck about their ideas and dreams. I could feel the energy zipping around between us and it felt great to be involved in such a melting pot of ideas and inspiration. I want to say “Thanks!” to all of you amazing people who came to see the boat and share your ideas and stories. I was truly inspired to hear about how many cool things you are all doing in your lives. It gives me a lot of hope for our future to know that your spirits are at the helm. A special shout out to Scott and Matthew from SDSU ClubE3 (www.clube3.org) for your enthusiasm and input (love the donate a book idea!) and also to Cyrus for the pep talk after your 4-year voyage. Y’all are amazing and it was a pleasure meeting you. Now get back to work doing all that cool stuff we talked about ;-)!

Maura Fallon-McKnight