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 The Waterway Radio and Cruising Club (WRCC) is
holding their annual picnic at a KOA in New Bern North Carolina this
year, thanks to Dick and Judy Giddings. Though we have been members for
over 15 years, this will only be our second picnic. Shame on us. As
our RV was destroyed during Hurricane Florence, we chose a cabin at the
KOA. It was a good choice. Even Mattie liked it.
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 The WRCC meeting and picnic was held on Thursday. There
was a small flea market before the formal meeting. We met Jeanie (a
major player in the organization) for the first time. Of course our
friends Dick and Judy were there as cruising buddies Tom and Sandy on SV
Anania. We met many old time members and we benefited by our
conversations. Good times.
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 And now Halloween. Ann loves to be at our
second home for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Before our
cruising life, we lived in second growth forest in the middle of
Northern Virginia. Our magnificent oaks were over 160 years old in
2000. Great place to live but without any Halloween visitors. We
missed that. Cruising allowed us to occasionally participate in
Halloween in distant ports, but this year is one of the few times in the
recent past that we enjoyed Halloween on land.
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 Cruising friends came through on their way South as they
have in years past when we were in ILM. Sandy and John, formally of SV
Sandy's Way (lost in GTC during Dorian) spent several days with us. We
had a great time catching up. They were heading south in their RV
looking for a new 'Sandy's Way'. They are currently in Central Florida
looking for her.
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 Jim and Karen, formally of SV Wanderer II, now of
MV Liberty, were steaming from the York River to Beaufort SC. to escape
the cold and continue to work on to make her a proper vessel. They are
more skilled than us in these matters so it should be perfect. We met
them on the sea twice in 2000, first on the Albermarle Sound on our
first leg of our first passage South, and the second at the Herb River
in Georgia. It would be several more years later that we actually would
meet face to face. A lifelong bond ensued!
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 Chris, Christina, Lilli, and the Critter came to ILM for Thanksgiving.
We were excited to see our Vienna family but sad that Rob, Anne, Emily,
and Laurin (Richmond clan) could not make it. It was a peaceful and
rewarding time for us. Things were changing but this was a pause in the
change. Lilli was our 'mate' and the Critter would one day be our
swab.
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A picture of interest shows a very
proper Bob with his swab with a very
uncharacteristic smile (in last gallery). One can scan all of the pictures of Capt. Bob and scarsely see a smile as broad as this. Bob was surprised of the smile as he could never smile for the camera, just like his father. Sneaky Christina snapped this picture as he was distracted elsewhere. Good going, sneaky Christina! Thank you. A very good close to a good Thanksgiving celebration.
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