I’m lying in bed reading. The painting on the wall is by Byron Dickson who with his wife Edwina are our landlords and neighbors. I’ve set up my art table by the window which overlooks the golf course. Very very comfortable here while we build our home. Byron is both artist and architect and will design our home.

The drive up to the house site is being cleared.

Trees are taken down and then fed into the chipper. The chips will be hauled to Westvaco where they will become fuel. We have over 100 acres most of which will remain forested. These machines will be leaving when the project is complete so we’ll only have a big and little dozer and not enough equipment to start our own tree removal service.

Bear cub tracks. I am definitely looking forward to wildlife watching .

Lunch break during Old Salem Days

Long-time cruising pals Linda and Michael were our first visitors! On their way from Oshkosh to Florida they stopped to visit a few days. We were together in Johor, Malaysia, Cochin India. The Maldives, and then Turkey. Away from cruising for family issues, they hope to return to the sea and continue their travels.