Back on the Summer Wind

Hi all, well we're back on the Summer Wind and ready to continue our journey south. We had a lovely holiday with the family up north, yes that's right up north! Our first stop north was in Arlington,VA where we spent a few lovely days with the Flynn family, Dick's middle daughter. Debby did an amazing job with her running team in organizing a school fundraiser. Then we enjoyed a spectacular division final soccer game from Meghan and her team. Both of us were amazed with the talent and athleticism these young ladies were displaying on the field. Meghan's team won with help from Meghan getting 1 goal and 1 assist from a ricocheted kick off the back of her team mates head! Way to go Meghan! We had a wonderful time with the Flynns' Thanks all!
Our next stop was home in Morristown, NJ, for Thanksgiving and a few scheduled appointments. We enjoyed many fun filled activities over the holidays which included pre turkey night prep work. Thursday morning we participated at the Morristown Turkey Trot, where there were over 1200 participants! There were about 25 of us at Judy's house for dinner and it was great fun and delicious. Friday all 22 of us travelled by train, into New York City to see Mary Poppins on Broadway which was absolutely amazing. After the show we all piled into Tony DiNapoli's restaurant to pour over a great dinner.

On Saturday all the guys went to a NJ Devils hockey game while the gals and kids relaxed and hung out. YES, the Devils won!!!!!The rest of the weekend was filled with more family gatherings and great food. Thanks all for a memorable and terrific week.

After a 2 day drive back and provisioning the Summer Wind we ended up waiting out mother nature. We finally made it off the dock at Beaufort.The night before we left, we had a nice wine and cheese party aboard the Summer Wind with all the cruisers waiting to leave. Thanks,Ben, Rick and Carol, and Don and Betty.

Early Sunday morning, December 6th, we untied our lines and off we went. We ventured up the Savannah river and spent 2 glorious days on the 'free' City docks. The town was alive with holiday celebrations, many dancers, vendors and music.

Took a walk through the City Market and came upon Savannah's renowned Candy Shop Sweets, where we watched many treats being made and of course we tested a few.We even toured one of the oldest Synagogues in the Country. Congregation Mickve Israel was started with 41 settlers that came from Spain in 1733 check out their website. http://www.mickveisrael.org/.

It is now Tuesday Dec. 8 and we are anchored in the Wahoo river which is about 50 miles south of Savannah. The trip today was cold,rainy and just miserably dreary. Where is the warm weather we are supposed to be getting. Tomorrow we may be possibly stuck here for again mother nature doesn't want us in our shorts and Tees.
We will continue on in the near future.