Day 25 Oct. 11 NEB Surprise!!!

Today we woke to temps in the 40's, turned the heat on and decided to take a day off to do nothing! We walked with Pretzel to the main dock space and sat with a coffee and donut watching a group of Melges (?) racers about 20' preparing to race in an International championship at the end of the month. Each boat holds a team of 4. We watched teams from Italy, France, and the US in our marina. They have been going out every day since Friday for practice.

After returning to the boat Peter got a phone call from Marc & Mary Woodard. They are from NEB on m/v "The Good Life" on the 100 dock. They flew to Baltimore to attend a Kadey-Krogen gam in Solomon Islands. On their way back to the airport they stopped by and we had a great visit. It was so nice to see familiar faces from NEB!!! Thanks for the visit, Mark & Mary and we look forward to a possible southern rendezvous sometime in 2010. Stay in touch. We'll have a shot of Tullemore Dew in your honor when we finally get started on the ICW.

The next time we are in NE we'll stop by NEB to see who is around. We miss you all. Let us know if you happen to be in our territory in the Southern climes.

Perhaps the Mayor of 400 could loan us his parking space for a day? We'll bring the Port!