Dear Domino,

I'm writing from the road again. sorry it's been so long! That Carmen San Diego has really been giving us the slip. You will not believe where I ended up! On a ship in the sea! It was a medium sized vessel- four blocks long- and very gray, but it was some adventure! There were four other ships around that were part of the fleet. One was half our size, two were a little smaller, and one was bigger. We were stationed in sort of a grid, on one side of an island that was a tall moutain where you couldn't see over. On the other side of the island were five ships of an enemy fleet. I don't believe they could see us, either, and if they could they were not very skilled.

I had just arrived when out of nowhere a giant cannon went off and landed in the water about two blocks south and nine blocks east of us. It was very near one of the smaller ships, though. It was horribly scary! Then we fired a cannon across to the other side. It appeared that we hit a ship, but so did they when they fired back. a block of our biggest ship was gone! Right out of the middle! It went back and forth a few more times, when all of a sudden our big ship had been hit five times, it just disappeared! Luckily, they missed their next three aims. We, on the other hand, had word that we had sunk their smallest ship and one that was three blocks. Then the worst things happened! The cannon hit RIGHT BESIDE ME! It missed the ship by inches, but it was so horrifying! On their next shot, they were much farther away, but I was still so nervous!

The next ship of ours that was hit was one about three blocks. It took them six tries to sink it, but another battleship was lost. In the meantime we had begun taking down their ship the same size as us. It took us six tries as well, but they were then down to two of their fleet. It was appearing that we were the stronger team, when they sunk our smallest ship in two tries and we were even!

Our next move was to take their largest ship, as they were taking our last three-block one. It was neck and neck, and i was nervous. My vessel was the only one left and I knew it was a matter of time. We had just hit their last ship when the south end of my boat was struck! Talk about a nervous wreck! But, as you can tell, I lived. They missed our ship their next two tries, while we sunk their final battleship. There was a sigh of relief as we realized we had survived.

I'm now traveling back home, vowing to stay away from ships for the rest of my life! I'm so thankful to be alive.
I look forward to hearing from you soon, friend. I love hearing your stories, and can't wait for the next!
-Vegas