Jessica Watson Headed home to Australia

I had a comment on my blog a few days ago from someone who sailed with his family from Washington state, through the Panama Canal, past Cuba and on up the east coast of the US all the way to Maine. The reason I mention this is that he confessed to be a bit of a Jessica Watson junkie and said that he reads her blog every time she publishes a post, which is about every other day. There must be a very large number of folks who could be similarly classified that are apparently following her as her most recent post today had over 800 comments on it. That's just an amazing number. And all that she wrote about was a T shirt that her mother had tucked away in this week's food bag. I hope you enjoy Jessica's video diary from two days ago as she passed the half way point on her trip around the world. She sent this clip from the middle of the Atlantic.
I also watched a TV news clip with a commentator interviewing Jessica when he noted that one particularly well known adventurer, Sir Richard Branson had called her on the satellite phone to wish her well. It's amazing to see how Jessica has captured the world's attention. A little over 100 days at sea, she's making great progress.