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rochester gets surf
You know that story by Ray Bradbury, "All Summer In a Day"?
Rochester is kind of like that, except it's One Wave A Day.
An unexpected bonus of the Fast Ferry is that on its daily cruise into the shiny new Port Of Rochester, the Rochester beaches experience surf of, literally, feet in height.
Klaxons ring out. "Danger, danger!" Children scream.
And three waves come riding in, the wake of the $30-million catameran building up in the four-feet depth of the beaches of this freshwater sea.
"Those waves were huge!" A ten-year old explains to me, eyes wide. "I jumped into every one!"
Now I understand the fear, the awe, the wonder in my cousins' eyes when they came to visit San Onofre.
We can look forward to 2007. Tourism hasn't lived up to Business Plan levels. The Ferry cruises to Canada only weekly now. The rest of the time, it cruises parallel to the beach in two-hour tours. Passengers board at the Port still, for the Mall-like atmosphere of the boat, to catch the latest summer blockbuster playing in its several theatres. Meanwhile, Rochester beachgoers enjoy Actual Surf. Who would have thought, the boat's principal benefit would be the wake it generates?
Stranger things have happened. I hear that in Chicago they pile up their garbage, so they can ski off of the snow-covered piles in the winter months.
Rochester is kind of like that, except it's One Wave A Day.
An unexpected bonus of the Fast Ferry is that on its daily cruise into the shiny new Port Of Rochester, the Rochester beaches experience surf of, literally, feet in height.
Klaxons ring out. "Danger, danger!" Children scream.
And three waves come riding in, the wake of the $30-million catameran building up in the four-feet depth of the beaches of this freshwater sea.
"Those waves were huge!" A ten-year old explains to me, eyes wide. "I jumped into every one!"
Now I understand the fear, the awe, the wonder in my cousins' eyes when they came to visit San Onofre.
We can look forward to 2007. Tourism hasn't lived up to Business Plan levels. The Ferry cruises to Canada only weekly now. The rest of the time, it cruises parallel to the beach in two-hour tours. Passengers board at the Port still, for the Mall-like atmosphere of the boat, to catch the latest summer blockbuster playing in its several theatres. Meanwhile, Rochester beachgoers enjoy Actual Surf. Who would have thought, the boat's principal benefit would be the wake it generates?
Stranger things have happened. I hear that in Chicago they pile up their garbage, so they can ski off of the snow-covered piles in the winter months.