An Incredibly Normal Trip Around the World
Sailing vessel Guppy has made landfall (in case you haven't already heard)! And her captain, Laura Dekker, is now the youngest person to have circumnavigated the Earth single-handed. Laura completed her circumnavigation on January 21, 2012 in Simpson Bay on Sint Maarten. I've written before about sailing records and my mixed emotions when it comes to young sailors (Laura set out when she was just 15 years old!) and these mind-blowing attempts. The bottom line is that I couldn't possibly support such an attempt by one of my own daughters. But if I'm completely honest, there's also a part of me that is majorly impressed with Laura's accomplishment. Here's a bit from Laura's blog about the end of her amazing journey: "The dark and starry night sky slowly vanishes its floating lights sprinkling to dust as small islands appear on the horizon. I can see Sint Maarten very far in the distance. St. Eustatius is behind me, Saba is abeam and St. Ba