Summer??

Happy (late) Father's Day to all!

Ours was a good one. We spent most of the day messing with our boat. The weather on Sunday was decent, although windy, but fairly warm. Neil finished fairing out the dodger and I scraped all the caulk and epoxies off the topside. (There were allot of "oops") I also got the areas that need to be sanded and readied for the epoxy primer ready to go. It was a good start to "summer."

Yesterday was Neil's birthday. I won't give his age, but he is older than me, so I can call him "old Man!" haha (and did!). ahhh he knows I love him! He spent most of the day in the water diving while I finished sanding the dodger. (She is as smooth as a baby’s butt!).
**FYI**Neil hasn't been diving this in a while as his back and neck have given him problems. He has herniated discs in his upper back and neck. This was the outcome of running faulty equipment years ago. We never "sued" or anything just hoped and prayed that he would recover. So because of this he has to take it easy and not overdo it....anyone that knows Neil knows that this request can be a hard one to uphold.

However, the closer we get to finishing things up and can go be free, the better he does (the better we all do!). I hope pretty soon his hard work will be laboring through a few storms here and there, figuring out where to drop anchor, exploring reefs with the Hookah, and not falling out of the hammocks on a hot day! Life is just too short to be miserable beating your body up. However, our little family does appreciate what he did for us all those years.

Our anniversary is right around the corner...my how time flies! Hard to believe that Neil and I have been together over 19 years and will be married for 17 years on Saturday. (I guess this means he can call me "old Woman!" haha).

Today the weather does not reflect the beginning of summer at all! It is cold, wet, windy as heck, and the fog is so thick you can slice it with a knife. Good thing we picked up a good X box game for Neil’s Birthday. He is a big kid after all, aren’t we all? So we will hold up in our little cabin until the sun makes his appearance later this afternoon and hope to put on a layer of epoxy primer. Not much more to do: paint (top and bottom), change out windows, fit and finish a few sewing projects, amongst a few other little things. It should all go relatively fast once the dang dodger is finished!

It looks like San Francisco will have us for a few more weeks. (But you guys already knew that…one day, One Day! You will look over and say, “Hey? Where’d the Rife’s go?”…and than a smile and a nod…”They are off on their adventure!”).