Visiting friends

 It had been a quiet week for us here in the RV Park. Although we did not take any excursions into the mountains, we did however go on a very nice visit to see friends that are now based in Tucson during the winter months and we were hosted to a wonderful lunch. Thanks guys!

We met Barb & Chuck (Charles Thomas Shipley) during our cruising years onboard “Diesel Duck”. They were cruising on their Kadey-Krogen 48 North Sea Trawler called “Tusen Takk II” and we both shared some of the same anchorages and ports throughout the Caribbean. It is a small world and while we are presently down here with our travel trailer, Barb and Chuck bought a mobile home in Tucson and travel during the summer months in their 40’ Motorhome. 

Barb keeps busy with many activities offered through the RV park and one of her talents is making pottery. Thank you Barb for the little goodby vase gift you made. Chuck is a hobby photographer, but there is nothing amateurish in his photos and I believe his photos are world class and he has won numerous prizes for them. He posts some of his photos in FB.

While we recalled our cruising adventures, a fun get-together with mutual friends came to mind. The following link is a YouTube link of an episode filmed by our friends Sheryl and Paul Shard of “Distant Shores” You can copy and paste it to YouTube app or onto Google. Those were great times we shared.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEZXaxeA23g

And while we are at the subject of the Distant Shores TV Sailing Channel, and YouTubes, Sheryl and Paul flew into Panama 2011 to spend another time with us on our boat filming the Guna Yala natives while waiting for their new sailboat, a Southerly 49 to launch. That episode is not free on YouTube but is on Distant Shores Season 7 DVD set for purchase.

Eleven years later they revisited the area with their Southerly 480 sailboat and blended in some of their previous filming on our boat. This is the link to that episode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIpn6e_YJVY

Coming back home our two rascals, i.e. Elsa and Reggy greeted us with many kisses but apparently were not as quiet during our absence as we had thought as per our next door neighbour Ken, a computer Guru. Look at the great gift we got from Ken and that he made, it will find a nice spot on a wall in our house.

So we are relaxing a bit and Benno is making plans for another fun excursion tomorrow here in Arizona. I am going to pack lunch and coffee for it. Benno is going to wear his Desert Storm Boots and I’m my Ruff Terrain Boots. Our doggies are going to love it. 

Stay tuned to find out where our next adventure took us.  Thanks for dropping by.