We left Snead Island Shipyard and motored over to Twin Dolphins Marina on Monday, November 3rd. After a few days of working on the boat we called Herb to say hello and get our social life in motion.

Herb came by for a visit and we had a great evening listening to Herb's stories about rattlesnakes and water snakes. Herb has a gardening business and came across a dead, 5 foot long, female rattlesnake which had about 10 rattles on it. Even though it was dead, Herb handled it with a very long stick. He wanted to skin it and get the rattles.

A few days later we went dancing with Herb and Michelle - had a great time! Then a few days later, Jim and I took our inflatable with its new Yamaha 15, down the Manatee River to join up with Herb and his pirate friends aboard a huge Chris Craft for drinks and dinner. Fun was had by all and we now know a really good drinking game with dice. We were lucky to find our way back up the Manatee River later that evening.

Yesterday we took Herb out sailing. Had a wonderful sail. Nothing went wrong- the only hitch was getting away from the dock without crashing into any big boats - we sort of succeeded, we only bumped into a little boat and it sustained no visible damage as far as we could see as we quickly left the scene.....

Today its back to work and spending.
We are having a wonderful time.
Life is good.