Coconut Grove II

A parent's dream. On the other hand, it shows I don't have much influence on my nephews.


Naturally, a walk to the restaurant involves a football.


Carol and Billy Bones. This guy is pretty good. Carol and Billy actually played some music together at a wedding in the late 80s.

Richard is looking a little too happy here while Billy is hitting on Ruth.

When Billy started working the crowd, Mom took off away from the action as fast as I have ever seen her move. In the end Billy did catch up to her. He also caught up to Lisa, so I had to "eliminate" the problem.


As you can see, Richard and Ryan are totally devastated to be leaving us for Dallas.

We had a great visit and it was sad to see them go.

Lisa left for Texas to visit her family a couple of days later. Next time, I hope to go with her. She will return tomorrow after 2 weeks in Texas. That is the longest we have been apart since we've been married. I can't wait to see her again.

In the mean time, Mom, Dad, and Carol have been gracious enough to put up with me and make me feel at home. We have had a great time together.

Now it is time for us to get back into gear. We plan on heading back to the boat on Wednesday, finish provisioning, then head back to the Bahamas when the weather permits.

Family Visit To Coconut Grove

On the Saturday after Christmas, the whole gang drove down to Coconut Grove to see our boat. I forgot my camera, so the pictures are courtesy of Ruth and Carol. Because there were so many of us, we did the tour in 2 shifts. The marina provides a launch service for the moored boats, so we did not have to mess with the dinghy. Since the mooring field is very exposed, we were relieved that it was a calm day.

Dad and Carol.

Ruth and Amy.

Carol insisted on issuing a Mayday call. We made sure the radio was off, the breaker was off, then threw the batteries overboard.

Mom and Amy.

Christmas II

Ruth and Richard...good job.


Is it Abdul Ryan?  Or, does he just want to board a plane without being hassled by Obama?


Amy is doing well in college, and is studying to be a nurse.


Ryan got a book for Christmas. Kind of deep for your first book. The cover does not say Google.


Robert's mission is to become a brain surgeon so that he can try to improve mine--no charge to uncles.

Christmas Break

After several days of relearning how to walk, while at the same time exploring Coconut Grove, my sister Carol picked us up and drove us to Mom and Dad's condo in Delray Beach. The following day Ruth and her family arrived from Texas. It was very special to see family again.


Relaxing at Mom and Dad's condo in a real chair.

The only bummer was that my youngest sister Wendy and her family could not make it. Here I am with Ruth, Mom, Dad, and Carol.


Ryan, Ruth, Richard, Amy, and Robert.

We had not seen Ruth and Richard's family since we left Dallas at the end of September 2008. We really enjoyed being able to spend some time with them.


Carol and Mom.


Ruth and Richard.

It was the typical Christmas with wonderful family time, and where Mom works too hard, and spoils everyone with great food--and more meals per day than we are used to.