My daughter and her husband Julio were headed to Sacramento the weekend before thanksgiving for her to compete in an Irish dance competition, so I drove up there on the Friday to meet them. Long drive, about 7 hours, but it was a nice time seeing them again and watching her dance. She danced well against a very big and experienced field, and she was very pleased with her work. A big storm came through and pounded the town with cold rain, flooding the streets. We walked 4 blocks back and for...

I had a wonderful time hosting my dad here on No Bad Days this week. He has been so excited to come visit ever since I embarked on this mad scheme. Quite some time ago he researched the shuttle details from Logan to the Salt Lake airport, and which flight would be best to get here to So Cal to avoid driving in rush hour traffic. He even figured out that the John Wayne OC airport was closest to Dana. Finally after all the trees in his yard were cut down and the crops were in, (ever the farme...

Nov 2: Catalina island at last! (sorry this is so long. I have had no internet for over a week, and a lot has happened!)

The faux electric tiki torches flicker on shore tonight at the boy scout camp at Whites cove on Catalina island. I am anchored off shore in No Bad Days, glad it is Wednesday and not Thursday. Thursdays are the day they bestow the Order of the Arrow award, when an honorable member of the Order, clad in loin cloth (a wash cloth tucked in his swim trunks) and war paint (to...

My friend Anja has left after a few days visit here, she is visiting So Cal from London and is off to visit other friends and places. She is from Germany, lived 20 years in the UK, and is now looking to move to the states. She is a very interesting person and we had a good time talking about everything under the sun. Bummer she seemed to have caught a bug on the 12 hour plane ride here and was not feeling too well but was a real trouper and hung in there cheerfully.

After many months of pu...