It's hard to imagine who experienced the greatest joy on November 7th. William Clark, in 1805, when he first set eyes on the Pacific Ocean, or, me in 2005 when I got my new hot water heater hooked up. We had both gone through great adversity and had faced the unknown. Clark, with his co-captain Meriwether Lewis, had crossed a continent looking for a water passage to the Pacific Ocean. I had gone weeks with an old leaking water heater and against the advice of many installed a new one with my friend and co-worker Mike Dindia (he did most of the work).
When I got home from work tonight I had hot water and the new 30-gallon tank was properly hooked up and not leaking. My greatest fear through the whole ordeal today was would I be able to get a run in. But when Mike needed to get some parts for the connections I took the opporotunity to get a quality 59-minute run around Sunset Park. What a deal. But the best deal was the $300 Mike saved me on the excessive installation fee. Thanks Mike.
Clark's Nov. 7, 1805 journal entry, "Great joy in camp. We are in view of the ocean, this great Pacific Ocean which we have been so long anxious to see, and the roaring or noise made by the waves breaking on the rocky shores (as I suppose) may be heard distinctly."
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