2014.. Wow!! Never expected to reach this point in life and when searching around online I see many friends did not. No doubt the 5 stents in the heart implanted a few years back have prolonged the inevitable. Enough of depressive thoughts!

2014 and still in Thailand. Missing all the friends in Mexico, sailing, nights partying along the beach, all the great Mexican food, along with everyday life aboard the boat. Really though, life here in Thailand is wonderful and also rewarding. It's difficult to find a reason to change what has become a very happy, comfortable lifestyle. I continue to have Solace attended to by the staff at Marina Seca as she sits on the hard. Still carry the mental image of the day leaving Mexico and remembering a final glance of Solace resting there in the storage yard. Time passing gives knowledge that each day the window closes just a little more on being able to make a return trip to sail once more in the beautiful San Carlos waters. It's one of those things that will happen when your mind still has young adventurous thoughts that your body and time are probably unable to perform.

I have in the past year added a new URL for Thailand. After 30 plus years online, before Windows, Google, Facebook, Twitter, and many others, the net does still occupy a good portion of my day's. For those that may be interested here is the URL:
Thailand Blog: www.sanuk247.com
There's a email link on the new blog for contact, but gary@sanuk247.com will also work as well.

Watched the Robert Redford sailing movie "All Is Lost" recently. Worth a look for knowledgeable sailors. Not much dialogue, but interesting situations that may well challenge your judgement and expectation of the results achieved. Personally, I would not have set fire to my life raft, but then again that may have well resulted in what happened in the end of the movie if you omit the final minute. Judge for yourself as I think Redford's project is worthy of viewing.

Hope to add a bit more here soon. Take a look at the Thailand blog if you have some time to surf around. Many friends here in Thailand have stated they would love to make a trip to Mexico and play "Bow Bunny" for a month or so. You never know.....