Ray and Pat

Rockland, Maine
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Today our fine friends Ray and Pat from Reflection drove to Rockland just to visit us. They are the couple we met in the Dismal Swamp a year ago, and who shared our experiences in DC for the first two weeks in June this year.

Ray and Pat's are cruisers in the midst of the transition to become full time cruisers. After cruising for a year, they now returned to Maine to divest themselves of their house and car and personal belongings. It all brings back memories of 2005 when Libby and I went through the same transition. It was lots of hard work for us. I hope it goes well for Pat and Ray. 2008 is not the best time for selling a house in the USA.

Anyhow, Pat and Ray needed a break from that tedious work so they came to Rockland to hang out a little with their cruising buddies -- us. It worked out fine.

We had vague plans on going for a day sail with Ray and Pat, but there is zero wind today, so that damped our enthusiasm. Instead, we just walked around downtown Rockland and had lunch at the Rockland Cafe. Mm mm good. The Rockland Cafe is one of the best restaurants around with a great menu and very reasonable prices. I recommend it.

We also stopped in at the Puffin Project office to learn about puffins, and we watched a documentary film there. Libby is determined to see puffins while we are in Maine. Now, we know which places to go to for sightings.

Pat, Libby, Ray

Tomorrow, our grandson Nick is coming to join us for 3 or 4 weeks of cruising. That will be great. We'll have lots of fun. We're sure that Nick will love Maine.