It has been several weeks since we posted and we are receiving inquiries as to our well being. No problems here just been busy and lazy at posting.

We had a quiet trip up the Chesapeake after leaving Norfolk on May 10th. We arrived at the Romey's as scheduled and spent the next 27 days in a combination effort to update the Romey's new (used) boat OTTER and also slipping in a weeks trip north (by car) to Canton NY to attend Grand-daughter Bridget's graduation from St. Lawrence University.

We have also doing some repairs and upgrades to SPIRIT during this time. One of the upgrades was replacing our Electric Range top with a new Induction Range top. WOW. What a difference in cooking. Rapid heating times, no residual heat, lowered energy consumption and excellent temperature control. Only drawback was having to replace some cookware suitable to induction cooking (needs ferrite material).

On June 7th we moved up river to spend some time with the Hind's. We were only there for 10 days and Ed departed for a Bird Carving school in Vermont. After that they have grand chillern visiting and then off to another carving school in Michigan. They have a busy summer so we don't think we will see them again until September, just before we depart for Georgia.

We are now back at the Romey's and finishing up some changes to OTTER. We will be leaving here in a week or two and head north in the Chesapeake Bay and do some cruising on the Eastern Shore and stop in Pasadena, MD and visit with Tom and family for a while. Brit and Allen are pretty busy now so we don's know if and when we will see them on the boat.

Will try to post a bit more often, but no promises.