Days of Ups and Downs and Ups

     Pete had to fly to Philly for a National Sales Meeting.  The Philadelphia wind chills were hovering in the teens and he only had is medium weight jacket.  Unfortunately, it was lost somewhere switching planes in Tampa. Thankfully, he had his sports jacket for some warmth and George picked him up directly at the airport and took him directly to the hotel.  The forecast for tomorrow is snow. Hopefully, his plans will not include any long outside excursions.

     I spent a good deal of the day catching up on my writing for the blog. I still have plenty of pictures to edit. The internet connection here is also giving me problems with posting.  I might have to wait until Pete returns so I can use the air card for posting.

The Rydam

     We all met at 4:30 to walk over to Malory Square, the traditional gathering point to watch to sun set. Our hopes were not too high as the clouds rolled in this afternoon. John and Betty reminded us that there are also street performers on the Square that are part of the experience. With only 2 wrong turns, we were there by sunset. The wrong turns were easy to make.  There were new hotels built since we blew into town with the Applebaum’s and Freedman’s 4 years ago. Add to that, the Rydam cruise liner was docked taking up most of the boardwalk. It pulled away from the dock at 6 PM and sunset was at 6:15 PM.  It would have obscured most of the view for most of the people. Since we could not see the sunset, this show was a pretty good substitute: seeing a huge ship cast away from the dock with its bow, mid and stern thrusters. Then it backed up and did a pivot turn without any assistance and sailed off into the haze.

     We walked back to Brunelle, where we had dinner courtesy of Glen and Maureen. The news for Seville is good.  A transmission has been found in Virginia, courtesy of Resolve, (Mike’s one of our CCYC members). The yard will be able to install it in 3 days once it arrives. Glen will sleep better once everything is done. As usual, conversation bounced all over and included topics pertaining to the Bahamas. Food was delicious and a great time was once again had by all.

~  ~ (\_~ ~ ~     Kathy and Pete