Day 367 9/12/2010 2200hrs
38⁰58’22” N – 076⁰29’28” W
Well somedayers, Former first mate Jim here. I’m back to do another ship’s blog entry from Annapolis. Capt. Greg is here with our good friends Neil and Sharon from Punta Gorda. He’s helping them take their boat down to Florida. As many of you know, I am now living and working on the water here in Annapolis Harbor, and I’m so excited to be able to act as host for the gang while they’re here for a couple of days. I believe in fate, and fate has played a role in the timing of their arrival here. I work almost every day this time of year, and Greg, Neil and Sharon have sailed into the harbor the day before one of my two days off this month.
Tonight we met for dinner after I got off work and had a great time at The Boatyard Bar and Grill in Eastport. Tomorrow we’re going to meet again for breakfast at Chick and Ruth’s Dinner in down town Annapolis, after which I’m taking them on a harbor cruise on the Harbor Queen. Then it’s provisioning and catching up and just enjoying life on the hook in the harbor, and what a life it is.
Somedayers, I have to tell you that I loved seeing the gang again, catching up with Capt. Greg is awesome. I owe him a lot, I don’t think I would be doing what I’m doing and loving it as much as I am, if it were not for the opportunity he provided me with last year. I am truly grateful, and I am so happy, that I can reciprocate this little bit by showing him and his new shipmates a good time while they’re here.
And lastly Somedayers, I’m sorry to say, the ranks of your membership has dwindled a bit. Admiral Sharon and Captain Neil are no longer among the ranks of the rest of you… As of this summer, they find themselves as “Todayers”, and we are happy to have them with us. And don’t feel bad Somedayers, for it is the nature of your condition that all of you will someday be with us, out here, in the sun. We can’t wait for y’all to join us, and until then keep dreaming.
From all of us in Annapolis, we bid you fair winds and calm seas…
Banana Winds standing by on ONE SIX… clear.
P.S. let’s all keep Neil, Sharon and Greg in our prayers and wish them a successful voyage the rest of the way to the Gulf Coast.