Saltwater In Our Blood
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I enjoyed that part of the trip as I could stand outside on the front deck. Which I did no matter what the weather was or how cold it was. In the winter I just about froze my face off. Many times I was the only one, fool hearty enough to stand out there. But when the fog would be too thick, we had to stay inside with the big glass doors shut.
It was an eerie feeling moving so slowly listening to the foghorns. There were times when we would come close to some of the Navy ships that blended in with the gray fog. I’m sure there were some close mishaps that I wasn’t aware of.
I loved to hear the ringing of the bells, and the smells of the salt water in the New York harbor, and most likely a few dead fish as well. Seeing the different boats coming and going. From small boats to the large passenger ships. I made a promise to myself that someday, I would sail aboard the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, to visit the places around Southampton, and maybe walk the same paths many of my ancestors had walked.
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About the Book
Follow the true story of the author as she tells of her adventures both on land and at Sea. Her love of the ocean and her experiences on board the Queen Mary. She tells of many strange and humorous events in her travels, as she meets many new people that enter her life.
She gives a description of her ancestors and family that were sea going people and what the Sea meant to them. Experience, the thrill of sailing the Atlantic on board the Queen Mary. The Sadness of the loss of a cousin on board the Titanic. This and much more in the Authors new book, "Saltwater in our Blood."
About the Author
Natalie Van Kirk, a native of New Jersey is now retired and living in Venice, Florida. She is a self-taught painter in both oil and watercolor. Natalie is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts, in New York City where she studied Commercial Art. Then she worked professionally for many years in fashion illustration and the motion picture industry, from TV Commercials to classified training films for the government and NASA.
The last ten years of her career Natalie was an instructor at Spectrum Institute for the Advertising Arts in New Jersey, teaching Advertising and Illustration. Her paintings hang in private collections throughout the United States, as well as Holland, England and Scotland. Natalie has always enjoyed writing and has written and published a number of short stories. Natalie also writes and publishes several monthly Newsletters.