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December 15, 1996
A Day to Remember
15 Dec 1996:
Sunday, 15 December 1996, will certainly be remembered by members and friends of the Expedition 360 family who joined us. We finally managed to move Moksha 100 yards from the water to the Monterey Maritime Museum. The only scenario I would ask you to imagine would be placing your mother in a rest home under great protest!
The first 90 yards, which took 10 minutes, were easy. It was as if Moksha had decided she wasn't ready to join Neptune's relics! Suffice it to say that the last 10 yards took five hours, which, had you tried to write a script for, you would have been nominated for an Oscar!
In keeping with the spirit of the Expedition, using human power alone, (not by choice this time, I hasten to add) we grunted and strained and screamed and shouted at her. Eventually, inch by inch, with Herculian effort on everyone's part, we cajouled her to rest in her "Pride of Place" assuring her she would have hordes of admiring visitors and an eagerly awaiting public to show off to. So please don't dissapoint her, come along and visit Moksha out of the water perched on her cradles feeling sorry for herself!
We shall be busy now cleaning her up, booking school visits and lectures to groups and organizations interested in a personal tour complete with videos, slide shows, and other visual aids.
The compiliation of our Web Site is shaping up nicely. So please be patient with us, and we assure you that you will not be disappointed.
Our main priority right now is to find a suitable vehicle for our backup crew to safely drive down to Peru. Nothing fancy, so long as its reliable and costs less than $1,000. Any offers!?!
Keep checking the web and we will keep you posted.
- Stuart Smith
Posted on December 15, 1996 2:44 AM