We have now been back in the US for two whole months. It's been a madcap time of running around seeing our grand kids, family and friends. We spent a few days with our friend Terre in Canada (thanks Terre) then spent some time with our friend Kris (thanks Kris) then over to visit my family in Port Angeles. We spent several days with my sister Darcy (thanks Darcy) suffice it to say we sleep around being homeless and all. Our daughter Vanessa and her husband Eli bought our old motor home after we left last year and have been nice enough to let us stay in it this summer. We have had roasted hot dogs and made s'mores, swam with the kids in the pool here at Thousand Trails along with many family get togethers. Coming home is always a busy time for us trying to pack as much "catch up time" in as we can. We have began our next adventure buying a 38 foot boat that we will sail once again to Mexico, in Sept. We cannot afford to spend enough money to buy a boat that is ready to go and does not need work, but tried to find one that was basically ready to sail away from the dock needing more cosmetic work and stuff that would not take to much time to repair. So I have spent the last six weeks changing out all thru hulls, bottom paint, standing rigging, engine water pump and now leaking water tanks. Old boats are ALWAYS needing stuff fixed and as has always been the case on project just leads to the next. I am now starting to feel "crunch time" as we plan to leave Sept 12th or so. We plan to sail down to Ensanada and then staying there a few months while we have the boat painted and do more "projects" before continuing south and onto the Sea of Cortez for the season. Once again Leiann will not be making the trip down the coast as she does not like rough water and the west coast can be nasty at times. I told her that if she was willing to cruise the Sea of Cortez for a couple of years I would 1. Get a bigger boat (our last being only 29ft) and 2. Put air conditioning on it for her and 3. That she could fly to destinations that required multiple overnight legs. Now she says she wants to cruise down the Baja and re-visit the places we stopped at seven years ago. So we will try to spend as much time as we can with our grand babies before we leave and try to get the big projects done on the boat over the next month. Time flies when your having fun! I read once that the secret to a happy life is to instantly look forward to doing the next thing rather than to be looking back at the past, works for us. Stay tuned for more Chrysalis Adventures!