Summer 2016

2016 October 15

by Greg & Lyn

A mixture of work and play…..that’s what our sumer has been! We spent time with kids, grandkids and friends. We got projects done on the boat that will make life better this winter and helped friends with home projects that will make life better for them. We baby sat for grands and house/dog sat for friends. We cheered at baseball games and football games. We spent a wonderful weekend in NY city with good friends walking the city and seeing a broadway play. We are just about done with our provisioning as the weather starts to cool off from the summer heat. We had an amazing summer and are ready to head south!

Grands…..they are the BEST! Becca and Ryan.

Everybody loves a dinghy ride!!

Gramps and Zach.

Everybody loves the pool too.

Walking Frederick MD with Jill and Butler. Fun and relaxing.

Spending time with Sue.

House and dog sitting.

Remarking the anchor chain. Always a fun job!!

We installed a water maker!!

Fun evening with fellow boaters Tony and Ann.

Our grandson Ben at the helm….at 3 years old!!

More fun in the dinghy!

Our grandson, Noah, driving the dinghy!!

I LOVE this silly boy!!

He had his turn driving the dinghy too.

Noah had his turn at the helm.

Lots of solar added to the top of our canvas!

Orioles baseball!! Fun time with friends.

Home improvements with Jill and Butler!!

Yay!! The newly relocated drain for the kitchen sink worked perfect!!

New house batteries!! That, with the new solar panels, should make life better!

Navy football game with friends!

Always a great show at the Navy football games.

He nailed his landing.

Noah seeing what he can see.

Lunch aboard Paperbird.

Playing aboard Paperbird.

Noah had so much fun driving!!

Reading to Grands.

Went to a Hartge display of their boat building in Galesville.

Learned a lot of the Hartge history of boats.

Fun playing legos with Grands.

We had an amazing weekend in NY with Jill and Butler.

Special friends….Jill and Butler.

We walked the High Line through NY city. It’s an old rail road track that is several miles long that has been converted to a walkway It is up high so you get amazing views of the city.

Then continued through the streets of NY city.

And walked along the water front down to the 911 memorial.

The World Trade Center memorials

Names engraved along the edge of a huge fountain. It was a very moving place to visit.

This is the inside of the wing looking structure in the previous picture. It is a huge mall.

World Trade Center Memorial.

Then we walked down and looked at the Statue of Liberty. We went to a wonderful Italian place for dinner and then a broadway play. Like I said…an amazing weekend!

We found a place in Annapolis that sells small pieces of teak and Greg was finally able to fix the cap rail that has been broken since we bought the boat.

The new cap rail looks great! Now for it to “gray” to match the rest.

We attended the Annapolis GAM and had a great time catching up with old and new friends!

We had an ordination service for Brian March the new senior pastor at our home church, Broadneck EP, in Annapolis MD. It was a special evening for our church. His family is a blessing to our church!

Spent a day walking around the sail boat show in Annapolis and picked up a few small things…..one was a new baseball hat for Greg with Paperbird on it!!