THANKS TO ALL

While Captain John and I were able to complete this trip we would have never been able to get it done without the help and support of our family and friends.

We often saw the rainbows dancing on the Lady's ceiling because of the gift from Tansy which sparkled on our window everyday. We thank you for your patience too ! We'll be back soon and eager to resume our active grandparent role. We love texting, but we love talking and hugging even more. Thanks to Amara and Thea for coming to cruise with us. Laith and Zayd you both have an open invitation.

We delighted in the yummy things Cait provided most especially the Herbal Salt which I used several times EVERY day and the great Blood Orange Marmalade! We were happy that you came to visit us several times, and now want to see those little guys, Aydin & Em , even more. We miss you all VERY MUCH.

And thank you Dad for understanding how important this trip was to us.

We had our companions true: our parrot, pirate, budda and bunny, but they didn't make up for our wonderful friends Marv & Barb, Dennie & Claudia and David & Julie. You kept us connected by phone, but now we look forward to spending more evenings together.

Captain John is especially grateful to Lloyd, Tom, Greg, Alan and Rob for keeping the farm up to snuff. He hopes that this deer season will be the best in the history of past seasons!

A special shout out to all our good friends who actually read our blog and followed us and even called from time to time.

For their guidance and expertise, we are extremely thankful to our friends Pete & Jane and our favorite Captain Keith.

Lastly, we cannot even begin to put into words how appreciative we are to Tom & Jo Ann!!! They have gone WAY beyond. It's this simple "WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS WITHOUT THEM!!!!