Ants

Saint Augustine Harbor, 29 53 N 089 18 W

Ants. Ants. Ants in my pants. Monday morning I had a dentist appointment, so we remained at the marina. Tuesday our week was up and we had to leave the marina. The trouble is that the drawbridge on the Bridge of Lions is closed for work until Friday morning. We can't leave. Even Friday's weather doesn't sound good for traveling north so we may have to wait until Saturday. Soon it will be May and we're still in Florida. Will we arrive up north soon enough to do New England, or will our plans be spoiled by being too late again? Will we have to shoot up the coast skipping all the scenery just to make up time? Ants. Ants. Ants in my pants.

The prospects for having sailing company this summer are improving. We already have a promise from the Undrills. We have a tentative date from Sten-Orjan Lindahl, he does an annual pilgramage from Vasteras Sweden to Idaho Falls, Idaho. He can sail on the way back from that. Yesterday I talked to Pete Lemme and with our daughter Jenny. Today we heard from the Allens in Syracuse and from Pete Vonie in West Charlton. All of them hope that we can connect someplace up north for some sailing. Our granddaughter Sara and grandson Nick get out of school for the summer mid June. We've yet to contact our friends the Dobberts, my sister Nancy, my cousin Warene or my cousin Brian regarding sailing in the Northeast. With any luck our social calendar could be quite full. It makes us very glad that we aborted the trip to Belize, Panama and the Pacific. We could have been in exotic places, but longing for company.

p.s. Soon I'm going to send my laptop away to get the keyboard repaired. Be prepared for 2-4 weeks with no blogs.

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