What a long, strange trip it's been

Coming back to the world of cell phone service and internet connection and I find all manner of happenings.

My thoughts and continued good wishes to my friends in New Zealand.

A young man was knocked off (high winds/waves)of one of my favorite breakwaters Monday just a few hours after we left. My deepest sympathies to his family as even worse, the Coasties are still attempting to recover his body.

Note to self: when a loved one gets a fish hook speared into their thumb by the high winds remembe...