I just can't believe it's mid October 2011!!! So much as been accomplished, yet there is much to do. So many people we have enjoyed spending time with here on Hupper, yet so many people yet to meet. We truly love Hupper Island and have spent the past 2 years and 4 months enjoying life, friends, happy hours, parties and the very special feeling of being independent, calm and living with nature on an island. "Once you've slept on an island you'll never be quite the same!" This holds so true once you've slept and spent some time on Hupper.
We are preparing Triple Stars for our trek south to Rhode Island, joining the NARC rally to Bermuda, continuing to St. Martin. Ahhhhh, if there's one thing better (or at least just as beautiful) than the 1st new snowfall in December on Hupper, it must be the 1st white sand beach you set foot on in the BVI's in December! The rain and 30+mph winds and 6-9ft seas have delayed our departure until at least Monday. BUT still plenty of time to make our stop in Boston and head to Newport by the 24th.
We are very proud of the work we have done and definitely look forward to the next phase of projects when we return. Rob's vision and plans have come to reality and with the help many...Dana Meklin, contractor; Jon Gallagher, plumber; Cory & Jimmy of Carney Electric; Alan Willbergh, friend & carpenter; Steve Thomas & Terry Eifert, fellow Hupper friends and most of all Jerry & Joanne, spending EVERY vacation day here on Hupper with their sleeves rolled up, work gloves on and Aleve close at hand.
Here's to a well deserved change of scenery and a safe and exciting new chapter in the Andersons' Cruising Adventures.