Happy Thanksgiving!

Hi, All -
We're spending two weeks in Phoenix, which happily includes the Thanksgiving Holiday. We arrived Nov. 15th, and will return to Brunswick and our boat on Nov. 30th.

It is a great time to be here. In addition to catching up with family, friends, visits to our doctors, dentist and financial advisor, the weather is beautiful. Susan's father (Ray Delrich) and I hope to play some golf next week. All this AND we get to spend time with Kara, Miguel, and our newest grandson, Andrew!

We are staying this first week with Ray and Pam Delrich (Susan's folks). The Ray and Pam Resort includes bed, board, pool, patio, BBQ grill, AND a putting green. What more could one ask for? Did I mention that we also get to dine on a home-cooked traditional Thanksgiving dinner, prepared personally by Pam Delrich?

We will also spend a few nights with our friends and ex-neighbors, Phyllis and Terry Carron, and a night or two with Sheila and Shirley, dear friends in the East Valley. Hopefully, we won't wear out our welcome with any of our wonderful hosts.

Our dance card is getting full, with invitations to dinners, lunches, cocktails, church services, appointments, meetings, real estate transactions, etc. etc. But we are having a wonderful time, and getting our land legs back, sort of...

We do miss KINGDOM; the beauty, peace and quiet of the harbor, and the more leisurely pace of life aboard. It hit me while driving around here, that we have become quite accustomed to moving along at a much slower pace. Seven knots, versus 65 - 70mph is quite a change. Even our scooters have a top speed of 40mph, downhill with a tail wind! Freeways are completely out of the question...

Well, we are determined to enjoy our "vacation from retirement", and relish the variation in climate, pace, and activity. We are resting as much as possible, since we have so much still to do when we return to the boat. Our goal is to finish our outfitting in preparation for moving south in January, and on to the Bahamas for the winter months.

Love to all,
HAPPY THANKSGIVING !!!

ps.
We will post pix of our visit once we get back to our onboard computer.