What is the saying? - "You do have to go out; you don't have to come back".

In February, 1986, I was working on San Miguel Island and I had the entire island to myself. It had been raining steadily and then it began to pour. I was in good shape in a well stocked, weather tight cabin, but I felt just a little bit sorry for myself because I realized that I was totally cut off - neither boat nor plane could reach the island and the clouds were too low for normal helo ops. About 4:30AM, channel 21 came alive as the CG responded to aid a sinking fishing vessel about fifty miles west of the island. I rolled over and thanked my lucky stars for an unsinkable island.