A Week in Massachusetts November 5-16, 2009

Logan Airport- November 16, 2009

BACK TO PANAMA

On November 5th Dan and I left Sea Star at 2:30AM and were driven to the Tocuman Airport by Tom from Shelter Bay Marina where we her in the capable hands ..of another cruiser, to arrive for our 5:30 flight to Boston. Now after what felt like a whirlwind and at times grueling trip- waaay too short- we are returning today to Colon, Panama, with the plan to soon continue on to Cartagena, Columbia via the San Blas Islands.

Our trip to Massachusetts was productive as Dan needed to keep his plumbing and electrical licenses current, and it was refreshing to visit family and friends and “catch up.” After a safe and on-time arrival in Boston, we got lost driving to Tom and Anina’s apartment in Cambridge. We finally arrived to a great 10:30 PM dinner, a little conversation, and headed toward Greenfield the next morning.

Luckily, Steven, our other son, has a nice apartment where we could stay while we visited my sister, Barb, my nieces and their families and some friends during the week, enjoyed special times with Steve, reacquainted ourselves with Maggie, the ex-boat cat, (she’s happy and solidly on land), did a quick tour of doctors and dentist and spent a day at Defender Marine in Connecticut selecting needed boat equipment.

We then zoomed back to Boston where Dan took his second class and Anina and I made pierogis, a tradition in our family that she wanted to master. We walked and talked, opened packages to take back to the boat, bought Christmas gifts, repacked -trying to keep the bags under 50 lbs (American Airlines let the last one go at 51 lbs) returned the rental car and we are waiting at American to get on the plane as I write this!

The weather was cool and a little rainy, I caught a cold, Dan had a sore knee but we had a great time and hope all the people we asked can make the time to visit us on the boat! In the confusion with all the bags and boxes I misplaced my camera so I have no new shots to include.

note that Tom put a new entry picture for our blog! It's also the shot we use for our boat card (like a business card) The shot was taken at the middle of our Newfoundland trip at Aviron Bay on the south coast back in August 2008.