Alliteration. (Thats a real word. You can look it up.) The canal is
this giant ditch, like a quarter mile wide, that the federal
government dug so big ships wouldn't have to go so far to get to
Boston. They could just cut right through the land and save time. It's
way deep, like 35 feet deep. There are roads over the canal but they
go way up in the air like 135 feet high, so the big ships can go
through without stopping.
The canal has a web cam so anyone with the Internet can see the ships
that go through. Here's a picture of Cahaya going through the canal.
The picture is sideways so you have to turn your head. We are the only
ship in the picture and we are a little bump on the far right. The
webcam tells what time the picture was taken. This picture was taken
at 11:31. So that's where we were when you were just about to have
lunch.
We scooted through the canal and now we are in a harbor waiting for a
huge storm that's coming. It's supposed to blow really hard so we are
hiding in our boat to stay dry and warm. Or at least dry.
So, kids, when your teacher tells you what great things our federal
government does, here's one. They dig canals for big boats and let
pirates use them, too. America! What a country!
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