Helpful Friends

       Ed offered to drive to West Marine so Dan, Martha, John and Pete headed out after breakfast. While they were gone, Tom, one of the solo cruisers, helped me cut the mesh I needed to make the restraints for the shelves in the front v-berth. While I measured and cut, Tom talked and I listened.  He was an engineer, then volunteer EMT, then had a second career as a lawyer.  Unbeknownst to him, he went to law school with his daughter-in law.

Gathering once again around the dinner table!

     Pete only intended to buy one item, but returned with 2 bags.  Martha used her discount card and saved him a bundle on all sorts of things we really needed.  The afternoon I made a significant dent in the sewing, before Ed, Connie and their friends, who are currently camping at John Pennykemp, joined us for dinner. They shared their experiences of camping and I realized that the experiences are not too different than our sailing experiences; shows, purchase, maintenance, and social.  An exception might be regarding dealers having hundreds of campers on a lot. (I don’t know of many boat dealers who have hundreds of new and used boats in one designated area, with the exception of a boat show.)

     It is nice to know one can choose a similar life style of land or water cruising. We just happen to prefer the water views.

~  ~ (\_~ ~ ~     Kathy and Pete