Chapter 21

For informational purposes only, Port Said to Rota, Spain via the Cape of Good Hope is 10411 nautical miles and 43 days 9 hours at 10 knots. That might explain why we were sailing 1982 nautical miles VIA the Strait of Gibraltar in 8 days at 10 knots...

IF

If’s are damn near as bad as But’s ... wretched things.

“If we went here, I could see,” fits in with, “We’ve come this far, we might as well go see.”

It doesn’t matter who said it ... as soon as it was said, we were sailing miles out of the direct way to Rota ... again.

Zoe is Australian.

“We’re this close ... let’s go see Anzac Cove,” she suggested.

We were this close because I wanted to visit Crete and Ideon Cave, which was the birthplace of Zeus. We had our own gods ... yes Seven, I know. Technologically Advanced Scientists ... not gods. Until something better comes along you’ll do. Crete wasn’t all that far from Port Said, Egypt ... and, thanks to our resident Physicist... “minor in anthropology, thank you very much,” ... Cora Jo, Ph.D, we’d already spent two weeks at the Pyramids ... and we weren’t in that big a hurry. So ... why not Crete.