Many Friends, No Photos

I’m just not used to this kind of traveling. Usually I explore new places with Matey and stop and snap photos along the way…when I think of it. But Monday we went to meet an old friend from our boating days at a restaurant. She surprised us by bringing along two other couples from our old yacht club, Tuscarora Yacht Club on the Wilson harbor on the south shore of Lake Ontario.

It was great to see all of them. Sharon, Bob and Donna, and Marcia and her Bob, Bud and I all had a great time eating, reminiscing and catching up. Two hours later we had all gotten up and gone to our cars when it occurred to me, I hadn’t taken a single picture!

Then we drove to Rick and Tracey’s new house which is mid-renovation after flooding rains from Hurricane Ian, which had ripped off the shingles. It’s a lovely house. We visited briefly on their back patio, by the pool, in the screen house, which are all now intact and gorgeous.

We jumped in Rick’s Jeep and drove five minutes to Save Cove where Jim and Margaret were arranging for the repairs to their 44 foot Morgan live-aboard sailboat. These folks had never met, but had heard much about each other and were now practically neighbors, at least until the boat gets fixed and/or sold.

Margaret and Jim with their boat, Well, Why Not?, and in this view the boat looks scuffed up but sound.

And it would be except for the jack stand base it fell on that is now sticking out of the hull.

Yep, it goes all the way through! You will notice I did get pictures of the boat.

By the time the 6 of us old sailors got done talking (not done, really, never done) it was getting to be evening and Bud and I hurried off without even stopping back at Rick’s place, so no pictures of that!

Yesterday we met another couple, friends from TYC, for lunch. We were so happy to see Pat and Gay and to know that they had sold their house on Matlacha long before the hurricane. Matlacha was pretty much destroyed. Pictures of the wrecked homes even made it on the Weather Channel so you know it was bad.

Another great reunion and fun lunch and as soon as we got in the truck and were driving out it hit me, no pictures!

I’ll try to do better, I promise.