We spent a very nice Sunday afternoon walking through the Allerton Gardens enjoying the many sculptures, blooming flowers and native woodland. It was the first day since we left the Bahamas it didn't rain and the temperature actually felt comfortable. What a great afternoon!
Views of Allerton Gardens.
Linda and her son Seth at Allerton.
But on Monday we hit the road again and drove back to Harrisburg, PA on the way to Lancaster where we spent a day visiting my sister, two of my sons and oldest grandson.After another busy day we finally made it back home to Amekaya.
We spent Wednesday at the boat getting caught up and went out to dinner with our good friend Dave Sikes who was here in Oxford but heading out over the coming weekend while we were heading out to spend the weekend anchored out. But before the weekend we needed to scope out some additional work we are getting done. So we took our boat over to Galesville, MD to a rigger and metal fabricator that we've used for lots of other work. We discussed the support structure for the additional solar panels to be added and cabin security framework that we want to add to provide passive security for when we head off into the Caribbean.
This summer we're trying to do more cruising among our project works so we spent the long Memorial Day weekend at anchor. We left Galesville early and sailed to St Michaels for dinner at Ava's Pizzeria and Wine Bar, one of our favorite places. After a quiet night we moved on to Hunting Creek that is further up the Miles River to meet up with the Herrington Harbour Sailing Association Memorial Day Weekend Cruise.
During the weekend cruise we had the chance to visit with many of our old friends. We always enjoy seeing our old friends whether it's here or elsewhere as we talked about years past and our recent travels.Beach scenes Saturday night with HHSA.
Lots of people wanted to hear about our travels and we enjoy talking about the great times and the challenges. Lots of people asked common questions but one question usually not asked is what is it like to be back. I realize we haven't been gone that long but each time we get back into our old lives after visiting elsewhere for so long it all feels familiar but were not a part of it anymore. Seeing all the familiar sights and sounds but in reality they are as temporal as all the other places we've been because we will be leaving again soon. When we describe our lives to others it may be had for them to understand because their lives are focused on geography and ours is focused more on the community of friends we have developed.
Due to weather the Sunday night happy hour was on board Amekaya.
So after a great weekend we headed back to Oxford to get busy and beginning running
again.
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