Reunion in Trinidad!!!

The trip home was filled with mixed emotions. We were overwhelmed by everyone’s kindness. The dinner parties, the brunch and the home cooking in Henderson and at the cabin were all delicious and fun filled memories. I only hope we can repay the generosity one day. Even with all that and nice big beds to sleep on, I was still longing to get back to Crossroads. I am not sure I can really verbalize the sense of peace I find living on the boat, but it is really nice. I think Glenn may have been more realistic about all the boat projects we would have to complete when returning to Trinidad. Needless to say he enjoyed his time on the mountain bike more than stopping leaks on Crossroads.

We arrived in Trinidad on Monday evening around 8:00. Randy had graciously taken us to the airport at 6:15 am. It was a long but uneventful day and in this day and time that is a great thing. Our friends on Dragonfly and Delilah were waiting up for us. We shared stories of our visit and they caught us up on the marina gossip.

Michele

family visit photos

Here are a few photos of our visits with family. Included are Michele with her siblings and folks on their front porch, Glenn's family keeping cool in the Spring river and Glenn building a sailboat with his nephew Jordan.

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USA visit

Two weeks in the USA down, three to go. We have had some great visits with both of our families, starting with a trip to Henderson, TN for a big get together with the Maness clan - like Christmas without the snow. Great food by Doris and fun was had by all. Then we were off to Hardy, AR to the Phillips cabin on the Spring river to do it again with the other family. More great eats and fun in the river with the kids. With all this great food, diets can't be far a way - that or shopping for bigger clothes.
When not traveling (in my sister's car - thanks, Jann & Lauren) to family eat-fests we have been staying with Michele's sister and family - thanks, ya'll. Next week and the following one we will house sit for friends so we will be out of the McPherson's hair for a bit.
We have both worked-in visits with friends and co-workers and even a bit of exercise. I have been able to do the Wednesday night runs in Midtown and have even gotten in a few mountain bike rides (thanks to Tony & Tammy for gearing me up). We were delighted to a ttend a multi-birthday party at the Kirkland's home with our sailing buddies from here. Lots more yummy food was devoured including Ken's bacon wraped shrimp and two deserts. Stuffed again! It has been great to see all the old faces and places here in Memphis, but we miss our floating home. Crossroads is waiting for us on land in a boatyard in Trinadad.
We fly back "home" on August 21st and will spend a couple weeks doing boat projects. In September we really go on vacation - to Peru! We are booked on a 7 day Amazon jungle/nature tour and then after a few days rest we start on the 4 day Inca Trail hike to Machu Picchu. Hurricane season is a great time for side trips since we can't really do much traveling on the boat right now. We decided to do the Peru trip this season because we won't have this much vacation time when we go back to work next year. Did I just say work? oops, pardon my language.
-glenn