I can sit out the season with this injury and be a free agent if I want to."The failure to exercise my option was a sore point with me. I had exercise... my portion in January, before the media circus, and before the injury. Jim Mason had called me before the Super Bowl and told me it wasn't his decision. The brass wanted to make sure I was healthy before they anted up for years."I told them it was going to cost them in the long run," he said, "but they seemed convinced Breck will do fine. When. So, in the end Mikie only got a B which is still prettygood for her a straight C student but coming down from an 'A' reallydisappointed her a lot. Mikie had to admit to her mother what hadhappened.Alisa gave Mikie an even bigger hug than before and told her, "I am stillvery proud of you. I liked the way you handled yourself, not getting madat the teacher but just taking it all in stride. You are starting tobecome a really mature young lady. "This made Mikie feel even better than she did when. When they got outside, Frank turned around and hugged Angel. She wasn't sure what to think and she hugged him back. "I'm sorry Angel," Frank said quietly, "I wasn't sure how to act the other day when I found out you were a, well uh..." he couldn't even say it."It's OK Frank," Angel encouraged, "I was a prostitute."Frank had been struggling since he found out about it. He was doing better now but he wasn't quite there yet. "I know you must have had your reasons for doing it," he said."I did,". None of these were a “must see” as far as museums go, but we got a lot of history and local culture out of them and they were worth the price of admission. But by the time we got through, I, at least was ready to hit the road the next morning and head the Jeep towards Skagway. Following down the canyon towards the tiny town of Skagway was an adventure all of its own. We followed down the White Pass and a river to its head at the Lynn Canal and there sat the old gold mining town that sent many.