Almost there. The pilot comes on board at 8 am and we will enter the canal. Having read the oath between two seas I’m really thrilled to see the actual structure and appreciate the United Nations of mechanical minds that created a true engineering miracle in the jungle.  However, I wii probably reflect more on the literally thousands of people who died building it. The primary labor force were from the Bahamas and West Indies The price was high. They estimate the death toll at 500 dead per mile between the French effort and the US completion. And most of those were from the West Indies 

I’ll think of true heroes like Dr Gorgas (above) who demanded that US Government focus on mosquito eradication and prevention programs despite the naboobs in Washington who denied the science dismissing the link between the mosquito and Malaria and Yellow fever. Some things haven’t changed 

Okay Grandad here we go !!