Goodbye Boat Basin

At last! After several days of doing nothing but eating, getting our seabags packed with clean clothes, writing letters home to our loved ones, we've finally been told that tomorrow we will push off; "be ready by such and such a time to leave base, with everything left in shipshape condition." We all got up early, got ready, ate and waited; finally leaving by bus to go to the train depot. I looked back at Oceanside and the boat basin and it was unanimous that all of us couldn't have been better treated; we left with a good feeling and anxious to see what happens next. The train took off and before the day was out we got off in San Francisco; went aboard a boat called the "Island Mail" and were told to go below and pick out a bunk. It was a strange area we thought; bunks all around and in the center was a very large tub-empty! We all were hungry, so we went on top; walked by a bunch of garbage cans; went through lines for some very good food; went back out and looked over the Bay. It was beautiful, sun shining; so pretty I thought Mom would have liked to paint a picture. Early the next a.m. we ate breakfast and stayed on top looking at the beautiful waves breaking toward the bay. Pretty soon we shoved off and went under the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge and started hitting those beautiful waves, rocking the boat up and down and sideways and....well, you can guess what happens soon.