Home....We find that our hearts are here at home with family and friends, but our adventurous spirit remains with Andanzas in Mazatlan. We had a cultural adjustment returning to the States. We returned to English as opposed to Spanglish, dollars as opposed to pesos, casual lifestyle to a fast pace lifestyle, inexpensive living to expensive living.
We returned to Ventura with our first purpose was to set up our other home on DreamCatcher. DreamCatcher did not sell while we were gone, however, it has given us a place to live during these summer months. Unfortunately, we had emptied and sold everything on the boat before we left for Mexico so we have been busy resupplying DreamCatcher.
We have been visiting family in Paso Robles, San Francisco and Orange County. It has been great to see all of our family. In addition we have seen our cruising friends Scott and Linda from Samantha. They are currently in Marina Del Rey heading north to San Francisco soon. We had Scott and Sue from Suebee with their boat in Channel Islands for a week. Wally went with them from Channel Islands to San Francisco. They have completed their cruising adventure. We have visited with Ed and Annette from Windsong and Frank and Stephanie from Endless Summer who are also home for the summer months.
I have returned to work for the summer. Work seems to interfere with our playing time, however, we are making the best of it. We spent the past week-end in Mammouth Lakes area. The mountain tops were covered with snow. The pine trees smelled so good. We had rain showers, cold and hot weather. We spent the days hiking. The good news is this is the first time in 2 years that Wally has been able to hike. The surgery he had in Mexico continues to be a success.
We have many activities planned for the summer. We will spend next week with my family at Balboa Island. I will be seeing my newest grandchild for the first time. Wally will be taking a trip in July to Mazatlan to supply Andanzas for next cruising season. In addition we will
continue to visit family and friends.
