Back again...

We are back on Wind Spirit after two significant events. The first was a fun trip to California where we had a lovely visit with all Bill's family, his Mother who is as feisty as ever, all the brothers and

sisters-in -law, their families, and nephews and delightful girl friends.

We were specifically happy to see Bill's younger brother, John who is feeling better after a rough time with surgery and radiation treatment for melanoma. It was a treat to see him starting to get his joie de vivre and energy back after a long haul!

We also attended the lovely wedding of our great nephew Josh and his lovely bride Rachel in Riverside, and had a family dinner at John and Sally's the following day. It was a treat to see everyone. Thanks for the birthday celebration which did preempt Fathers Day ...sorry all of you Dads in the family, but hope you you enjoyed the wonderful cake.

The second event after we went back to Atlanta, and met my brother Ray at the airport was moving my mother back to Canada. The 23rd we had packers in to finish packing mother's apartment. They loaded the rental truck for us the following day, and Ray drove the truck up to Quebec where Mother will now be living full time with he and Carla. We hope she will be very happy in her new place with them and that all goes well for everyone with the transition.


We have been back on Wind Spirit now for 5 days and had the great pleasure of having Frances and Will with us for a couple of days. This was a first for them to stay on a sailboat and we hope they will come back for a longer stay next time. We had some sun and some rain...more rain than we wanted but we need rain too. We did do some sailing and motoring down toward Harbor Town and Dafuskie Island as well as exploring Beaufort with a car tour CD. Frances and I had hours of uninterupted visiting which was fun as we are used to visiting in quick bits between patients. Retirement is terrific when you can spend time with good friends!





We heard from Christine today that she will be here tomorrow for a couple of days and to see the fireworks with us. We will have a front row seat as they are setting them off from a barge on the river close to us. Hoping the wind is blowing away from the boat. We will miss Mark!

In the mean time lovely sunsets, interesting people, boat work... always, dolphins, birds, otter and sting rays to watch.

Our plans are to head north on Tuesday if the weather is good we will go outside, and if not, inside on the ICW. Will keep you posted as we start another adventure.