In 2012 I went boating with a friend…in a row boat…in the San Juan Straights, a large body of ocean water between the state of Washington and British Columbia, Canada. While out in the open water, a mile off-shore, we rowed into a pod of Orcas! Multiple Orcas went under and past us. It was awe inspiring and terrifying at the same time. It was one of the few times in my life that I was acutely aware of my fragile mortality! We could have easily been an easy lunch for the Orcas had they knocked us out of our boat.