September 12, 2011
A Landlubber return;                                                                           Pat-Steve-Roberta-Tom
Our girl "Equus" is safely tucked away in LaConner WA, thanks to Erich and Steve.  Steve and I brought her as far as Sullivan Bay BC Canada where Tom, Steve's brother flew in on a sea plane.

 Roberta Hawthorn, a long time friend of Tom's.   Steve and I met him at Roberta and Jim's dock (front door) in front of their floating home.  Roberta and Jim own a floating home on this beautiful bay along with about a dozen other residents.  However Jim was not able to join our festivities.
Tom traveled with us to Campbell River, then he and Steve drove me to Sydney on Vancouver Island to catch a plane back to Ohio.  Steve then sailed Equus down to Nanaimo and that is where Erich, Steve's youngest son joined him to take Equus into LaConner WA for her winter berth.

Our plan is to have her trucked to the Great Lakes next spring for a summer near Sandusky Ohio.  The thought of leaving the magnificent PNW is sad, however we have a strong pull to get our girl Equus closer to the majority of our families.  Erich and Rosalie are still west-coasters.  We are in high hopes being closer to friends and family will allow us to spend more time with those we love.

I spent a wonderful two weeks with friends and family in Ohio and Steve flew in and we drove south to our home in Palm City, Fl. We arrived on Sunday the 11th of September.
Picture to the left; apple picking with son and grandchildren 
mmmm they made the best apple dumplings.


After a huge box of mail was gone through and opening up our home (somewhat) from her cocoon state, we decided to leave a few hurricane shutters on for another month, just to make sure we are in the clear.

The weather is sure a change from the PNW it has been hot-humid and rainy but the vegetation is a beautiful lush green, ah in the tropics once again.
My Mother and brother are hopefully wintering about 2 hours from us we have dear cruising friends arriving the second week in October.  We are also going to be able to enjoy Steve's daughter for a visit soon.  So life is good as we settle back into this landlubber life for the winter season.
We hope you all have a wonderful fall and we look fwd to hearing from you in the coming months.