Ahoy, Matee! Onward launches

You all may know that by now that we deviated from our planned itinerary because we wanted to see Gettysburg in southern Pennsylvania. That change brought us to visit my brother, Jim, in the Atlantic Highlands. Of course, if the boat is in the water...ONWARD(about the 5th "Onward" that he has had) has to set out to sea.
Here is Dawson as he deftly pilots the boat out of the River to the sea. Really???? Uncle Jim was right next to him watching closely.

The ONWARD

Here is the boat actually comming into the slip (parking space) on our return. It was amazing how smoothly Jim can back this huge 42 foot Grand Banks into this teeny, tiny spot, that would be the right amount of space for our camper....

We all enjoyed our liesurely day at sea. Here's Chris settling in as we left the marina. Note the cool hat I encouraged him to buy at LL Beane in Freeport, Maine. Looks good, doesn't he?

Here's Dawson relaxing

I loved soaking up the rays; which I seldom do.....

Dawson's relaxation progressed to a full blown "crash" as we pull up to the dock to refuel on the way back.

OK, here's the picture of my niece, Holly. We had a fleeting time to hug, say hi, and ask how's the wedding preparations going. She is now a Dr. of physical therapy and just received some additional prestigeous endorsement that she studied extremely hard for and took a 6 hour test for! Dad, my brother Jim, is so very proud of her. So he bought her this lab coat with her name and title on it. She will probably never wear it....but he thinks, as does pround Auntie, that she deserves it.

She said the actual "initials" for her credentials are wrong....but what the heck....it's the thought that counts, right?

And, our smallest traveler crashes real hard at the end of the day....and here she is totally crashed.

Until we connect again....