Hi Everyone,

  Just another quick update.  Randal and I are back in Roanoke after a great trip north to visit friends and family in Virginia, Maryland, Philadelphia, Providence, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.  Coincidentally and perhaps appropriately, we spent our last night of travel as guests of John and Jerie Milici who live on their Diesel Duck docked in Stamford, Connecticut.  Both Jerie and John will retire later this Spring: then they’ll throw off the lines and begin their cruising adventure.  It was great to see everyone and hard to say good-bye.  Part of our travels took us to New Bedford where I grew up and still have friends I’ve known since I was 4 years old!  We visited college friends, friends from Roanoke who had moved north, newer friends, and even made new friends who felt like old friends when we said our good-byes.  The weather didn’t always cooperate, but no monsoons or typhoons so it was OK.   I did take lots of photos and hope to share some when I can. And we did get to watch several Red Sox games on NESN and the Sox won most of them! 

   We still have friends to see and appointments to keep back here in Roanoke and so our time will be busy.  All too soon it will be time to go.  But we miss DoraMac and our pals back in Sebana Cove……..If we could only be lots of  places at once!

Ru and Randal