When I was a young man I worked on offshore drilling rigs in various garden spots around the world. Conditions could often be miserably cold, wet and windy but that was the job so grin and bear it we did. Now that I am an old man I don’t have to grin and bear it when the weather turns ugly. The forecast for the next few days calls for cold, wet, north winds (and gentlemen don’t go to weather) so I will leave Rose in the good hands of the people here at Kingston Marina on Cape Cod and fly back to Houston. I’ll finish this odyssey when the winds shift to my favor.

Will write more later got to go catch a plane.