Swimming with dolpins!

On my way to catalina, i experienced one of the most magical moments in my life, solidifying my belief that I must have been a mermaid in a previous or future life.

We sailed at night to catalina, the red tide was still lingering and the bait fish were lighting up the harbor with their trials of flourescent green sparkles. About an hour into the trip the moon started to rise behind us. It slowly lingered over the Camp Pendleton Mountains with it's gingerly grin, reminesinct of the Chesire Cat. There it was, this huge orange cheesy grin laying ontop of the mountains. It was easy to see how the artist got the idea for the cheshire cat, but as I looked ahead towards the bow I saw the flourescent green sparkles again. These were much bigger trials though and as I got closer to the bow I realized what I was witnessing. There were 6 dolphins swimming with the boat right at the bow, racing us as we sped along the calm ocean. There were four larger ones, two on portside and two on the starboard and along with them were two smaller ones that kept jumping from side to side infront of the boat. The littelest one would roll over and flip his flipper at me from time to time. They kept up with us over twenty minutes and truly gave me a show. I talked to them as I always do any sort of life form. I felt as if I were swimming right along with them. In all the years that the others had been on the sea they had never seen anything like it. It was true beauty in it's purest form. No need for tv for me; give me this reality anyday.