Celebrations & A Change of Plans

The month has had huge "ups and downs" for us. On October 1st we left "kismet" on a beautiful dock at Still Pond, Md. Michael & Grace Boylan generously opened their dock and home to us while we traveled to NY to attend Lauren & Adam's wedding in Rochester, check on our house in Norwich that new renters were moving into, and do several "routine" doctors appointments. The wedding was everything we had hoped for. The bride & groom were beautiful, and the festivities were perfect. We also were thrilled that Emily & her fiance Joe also tied the knot in a very small ceremony in BInghamton, NY on October 22nd! Visits with friends, Linda & Jim Karl, Bob & Brenda Polhemus, and James & Peggy Finnegan were great fun and much appreciated. We also loved seeing many other friends Skip & Nikki, Hospice friends, and Sue & Rolly from the New Berlin Practice. What we didn't expect was that my routine mammogram didn't turn out so well. After two ultrasounds, and a biopsy that was performed on Oct 18th, it was confirmed that I have breast CA. Fortunately. it is very small - couldn't be felt and didn't appear on last years mammo. So I am very hopeful that we caught it early. Upon getting this news, we returned to "Kismet" and sailed her further south on the Chesapeake to Deltaville VA; where we will have her hauled and leave her "on the hard" while we go back to Cooperstown NY for surgery on Nov 1st. We will figure out what happens next once the surgery is done. I feel good and hope that this is "just a bump in the road". But i also know that we have many steps to take to get this behind us. Jim has been wonderful & ALL of OUR MANY FRIENDS & FAMILY have been a tremendous support. Love to you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10,000 Miles

Yesterday we logged our 10,000th mile since we left Lake Ontario in August 2008. And we did it undersail in the beautiful Annapolis Harbor. We have spent the past week cruising in the Chesapeake. We left friends, Jon & Yvonne in the South River, and had a beautiful sail 40+ miles north to Still Pond. Ray Hall met us there to introduce us to his friend that is letting us leave Kismet at his dock when we go to NY on October 1st. Then we went to Bodkin Creek where we met Dave & Mary on "Mon Amie", then to Rideout Creek where we spent the day with "Cambia", then finally yesterday to Weems Creek. We will leave here tomorrow to hopefully sail to the Rhode River to attend the Seven Seas Cruising Association GAM this weekend. It is a weekend gathering of other cruisers with social events & seminars. We went last year and had a great time.

An Armada of Flemings Traveling to St Michaels

 

On The Beautiful Wye River

 

Susan With Our Catch

 

Hooligan Sailin' to the Wye River

 

So Much Fun!

When we finally left Georgetown, after Hurricane Earl's passing; we had a great sail down Chesapeake Bay to meet friends Susan & Raymond on "Hooligan". We spent 5 funfilled days with the Halls. Day 1 was in Mill Creek, day 2 in Weems Creek, day 3 in Pickering Creek in the Wye River, day 4 in St Michaels, and day 5 in a cove near Kent Narrows Bridge. Susan gave me intensive workshops on "crabbing" and knitting. We caught two dozen crabs and dined for 2 nights on them! The Wye River is particularly beautiful. We highly recommend spending cruising time there. It was sad to say goodbye on Friday when The Halls went back to Middle River and we sailed to the West River, then onto the South River on Saturday to spend a few days with Jon & Yvonne on "Speranza".