Proud Parents

Blackbeard Sailing Club, New Bern, NC
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We finally got to a place with a signal for our Sprint cell phone. We had a chat with our son Dave in Alaska. Dave had some great news for us. He won the competition to become NCO of the year for the Alaska National Guard. Congratulations Dave, your parents are very proud.

As Dave described it, the competition was a combination of written and verbal skills, an iron man physical test, and purely military skils like shooting. Having won at the state level he next competes for the West/Pacific region title. If he wins that then to the national competion. The Army makes a big deal out of NCO of the year. I'm sure it's a great morale builder.

We are staying two days at Blackbeard Sailing Club, courtesy of our friends Les and Suzanne. We've said it before and we'll say it again. The hospitality and friendliness of the people of North Carolina are outstanding. Tonight I think we'll really appreciate the shelter. It is supposed to be stormy and blow 40 knots. That could make it uncomfortable anchored out in the river.