Where in the world are Walt and Susan?

Chaguaramas, Trinidad!
It has been six weeks since our last blog update, and it has been something of a whirlwind of activity.
We arrived here originally on July 10th. As soon as we arrived, I (Walt) began doing necessary maintenance and upgrades to the boat. We purchased six new house batteries and had them installed ($4,000), and replaced the SSB (Single SideBand - something like a HAM radio) for $2,000. (Ouch) In the meantime, we were preparing to make the semi-annual trip home to Arizona. Susan was furiously working on getting our doctor's appointments and lab work scheduled, and arranging airline connections.
We arranged for our boat to be looked after at Coral Cove Marina, while we were away, and departed for home on July 17th. We spent two weeks in Phoenix/Scottsdale visiting with family and friends, seeing our doctors, dentist, etc. While there, we stayed most of the time with Ray and Pam Delrich (Susan's father and step-mother), but also spent a few days at the home of our dear friends Phyllis and Terry Carron. We were able to spend some quality time with my daughter Kara, Miguel, and our new grandson Andrew Ronquillo.

Andrew (being fed) and Kara















Andrew trying to snatch Grandpa's hat!














Great-Grandpa Ray Delrich and Andrew



















Phyllis and Terry Carron














The "Sistas" - Susan, Yvonne, and Dee, on the beach



Then we drove to San Luis Obispo, California to visit Susan's sisters, Yvonne and Dee, her nephew Stan, and niece Sierra, Richelle and Brother-outlaw Clay


On the way back, we stopped for a wonderful visit in Pasadena with Jeannine, Greg, and Allie (Susan's daughter, son-in-law, and Grand-daughter).


We arrived back in Trinidad on August 11th, exhausted. We've resolved that our next trip home will have to be at least 4 weeks, since we still didn't get to see all of our family, old friends and colleagues in Arizona.


As soon as we recovered from jet lag, we began preparing to recieve guests - Paige and Dmitry Babayev - from NYC. They are a wonderful pair (Our step sister and brother-in-law) full of life and energy. They arrived August 15th, and our next blog entry will describe our week with them circumnavigating the island of Tobago.