Back to Her Birth Place

Wrightsville Beach, NC
N 34 13.298 W 077 48.554

We're sitting here in the ICW idling as we wait for the Wrightsville Beach bridge to open for us. Just now a man came by in a small power boat. He recognized Tarwathie as a Westsail 32. The man asked if she was made here. "Yes, she was!" I had forgotten that Tarwathie was built in the Westsail factory in Wrightsville Beach in 1975. Welcome home old girl.

We won't be able to meet up with our friends Tom and Kathy in Southport this week. Tom just called. They are in Schenectady, at the Riverside School on Front Street. They just bought a small condo there. What a coincidence. That school is where our son David started kindergarden.

I also talked with my sister Nancy. Another surprise. Nancy and my niece Lena had dinner with my daughter Jeanny and her boyfriend Christian last night. Today, Nancy and Lena are in Montreal, visiting McGill University. Lena sounds interested in McGill. Sounds like an excellent choice to me.

No wind, sunny and warm today. It was a lovely day but kind of boring. The best part was where we sailed through Camp Lejune. There is a huge salt marsh between the ICW and the ocean. It it the northernmost one I reacall seeing. Unfortunately, it is the target area for marine live fire practice. Tsk tsk.