It seems last time I wrote I was wishing everyone a merry christmas and happy new year, sounds like a good time for an update.
Again, because the days run together on the beach, Ill have to refer to the contents of my overused camera.
After our charter in the BVI we took a half of a day to play and rest in the North Sound, VG. Pretty much top 3 favorite places of mine, if you didnt know. Since Ben came up to visit I had to show off my local knowledge and we drove out to The Grotto to do some cliff jumping. The Grotto is in the rocks on Mountain point and pretty much the coolest spot ever to jump in the water. As you swim up to it it looks like an uninteresting pile of rocks and you have to dive below it or climb over it to get in. Since we forgot masks we chose to climb (and I got a chance to show off my wicked bouldering skills). After a few climbs and jumps we swam back to the dinghy and went to Saba Rock for lunch, YUM!
Sad as it was, we had to start our drive back to St. Maarten that evening and after 11 hours of pounding into the wind and waves we dropped anchor and waited for the morning bridge.
When we got back we found the island to be full of friends. Ben and Dee were off charter and Tony and Nina were getting their decks done and in town for a week or so. First order of operation on any good day off is to steal Knickerbocker's crew tender and go wakeboarding! if I ever figure out how to load videos onto this you'll see how sick I am (well sort of). That photo is of Dee. Since we had such a tough morning we decided to take the rest of the day on the beach.
Im going to jump ahead a couple weekends, there was plenty of working being done during the weeks, I swear, I dont hang out on the beach everyday. I do go wakeboarding pretty much every day after work though, so Ive got that going for me, which is nice.
There is a day off tradition that happens every once in awhile called Rose Lunch. Basically this consists of going to a beach with a restaurant (not hard to find here in tourist country) and ordering a bottle or 3 of the cheaper rose wine. As you can imagine lunch stretches right on to sunset. I was at one of these rose lunches whcn Dad and Mom were visiting Jules in DC. That's me talking to Dad. After that we were back on charter and I left my camera in my room. Tune in next time for Meredith's surprise birthday!

A Visit To See Julia

Mom and I flew to D.C. to see Julia this weekend. We left Manchester early Saturday Morning after Mom spent too much time being padded down by security. It seems that if you pack away your boarding pass and then set off the security alarm, the security people get awful suspicious. The good news is that Mom passed the security investigation and we were able to complete our flight to D.C.

We landed at Reagan National airport despite our political misgivings at using an airport named after a person for whom we hold little respect. Jules picked us up at the curb and we drove off to Brian and Brenda's house for breakfast and to see the twins.


The bird joined our breakfast and ate dad's muffin.

Jules treated us to very good seats at half court / row 2. Watching the game from these seats was like sitting on the bench and watching. Georgetown played an interesting and exciting game but ended up losing in overtime.

On Sunday morning we toured Julia's workplace and saw her cubicle as well as the Georgetown campus. Nice place! We spent the rest of Sunday touring the mall.





Our flight home was very smooth without anyone being padded down.