Day Sail

Urbanna Harbor,
N 37 38.215 W 076 34.168

Today we were to host our friends Bud and Nan from West Charlton, and their son Thad and daughter in law Allie who live in Virginia. The drove about 80 miles to go on a day sail with us.

The day did not start well. It was raining as I awoke. The weather forecast yesterday said fair, with 10-15 knot windd. This morning, the forecast was changed to 5-10 knots wind and probably rainy. Uh Oh. I almost called to cancel but didn't.

As it turned out, the weather did improve and we did have a nice day sailing, although we never did see much wind. It was probably just as well because Allie had never been on a sailboat before, and she didn't get scared.

We even got to use the spinnaker for a while on the way back.

It was fun to see Bud and Nan again. It may be some time before we see them again.

Soon after they left to go home, I got a couple of cell phone calls. One with bad news and one with good news.

First came a call from my friend Gerry. He reported that our professor Hammam from Clarkson has taken another sudden turn for the worse. They want to send him to a nursing home, and he hates that idea. All that we can do is prey for him and hope for the best.

Next came a very welcome call from our son Cpl David. DAVE IS BACK FROM KUWAIT! DAVE IS BACK FROM KUWAIT! HOORAY! His unit is stopping in Mississippi for debriefing and/or training, so it will be some more weeks until he gets home to his family in Alaska, but he is back on USA soil. That is very very good news indeed.