Time for Visiting

The short break from blogging that I planned to take has turned into a long one. We've been busy with projects and we've also been away from the boat.

Leaving Lapidus under the watchful eyes of our dockmaster, our electricians, and our boat neighbors, we spent a few weeks traveling via plane and pickup to visit friends and family, to have doctor and dentist checkups, and to sight see a bit.

We flew to Oklahoma City and retrieved our pickup from storage. Most of our large, extended family lives in Oklahoma and Texas. We traveled the highways and were fortunate enough to spend time with mom, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, and many of their family members.

Austin, Texas was our last stop to visit family. We had decided that we wanted our pickup on the east coast, so after spending several days with son Trent and family, we left Austin to drive back to Brunswick. Never people to miss a pretty beach, we turned south at Mobile, Alabama and drove to the lovely Gulf Shores area. A one-night hotel stay in Orange Beach gave us time for a couple of walks on the beautiful white sand, which we learned was quartz that washes down the river from the Appalachian mountains. We continued our coastal drive to Pensacola, where we observed beautiful blue-green water paired with the white sand. Then, we were back on I10 for the long dive to Jacksonville, then north on I95, eager to be home on Lapidus.

Larry is working on his boat projects as well as overseeing the jobs that we have professionals working on. No pictures yet, but the new solar panels are up and the wiring is almost completed.
I was back on the boat for less than a week and then traveling again. I am in California visiting our daughter Kenya and her husband Nathan, as well as our ‘grandkits’ here on the ‘kitty ranch.’ The weather is gorgeous and I’m greatly enjoying my stay. We have planned a few projects for me to ‘help’ with while I'm here, but mostly, I’m just on an nice vacation.