I am afraid there is not much to write about. I spent most of the day just lying in bed and resting my back. I did make a feeble attempt to walk to the laundry with Mary Margaret but had to turn back after just reaching the Yacht Club building. She had to carry on the rest of the way by herself.

While it is feeling a bit better, it will take a few more days of low activity and more rest before everything is back to normal.

I did call and talk to the parents of Owen, one of our blog readers, who lives in Nevada. He is a former resident of the Simon's Town area and his parents still live near here. He had invited us to call them and get together. We were anxious to do that but got caught up in all of our boat projects as we were frantic in getting Leu Cat ready for our return to the US.

Owen's parents were very nice over the phone but I basically had to share with them that my back problem would most likely preclude getting together before we leave in a few days. However, I did promise to call to see if we could set something up when we returned next July. Owen's father shared with us that Owen may be visiting them next August or September so, with luck, we may be able to meet him along with his parents. We anticipate being in South Africa until next October as we wait for a better time weather-wise to cross the South Atlantic. That would be really great.