While I was in South
Dakota in January, I met several new Canadian friends from Toronto. I think there were 12 of them there this
year. One couple, Jill and David
Greenwood, told us they would be vacationing in Naples, Fl in March, which is
about 30 miles from Ft Myers Beach. At
the time, I wasn't sure if we would still be here. But we were able to get together for an
evening.
Both Jill and David are sailors, even though David
is visually impaired. We met them at our
dinghy dock and brought them out to our boat for a tour and happy hour. From exchanging stories, we found out they
were very experienced sailors. So
getting in and out of the dinghy at the dock and at the boat was no problem for
David. I think he handled it better than
several of our sighted friends.
We had a wonderful
time sitting in the cockpit sharing a bottle of wine and several stories. They had never met Dave, but they appreciated
his sense of humor, and had a great time.
Then we went back to
shore to eat at a restaurant. They were
busy and it got a little late. We forgot
that it was Fat Tuesday. But we enjoyed
the live jazz music in honor of Mardi Gras.
We really hope to go
to Toronto some day to see all of our friends there. We would never be able to sail there and get
back south again before we would get iced in somewhere. So we'll go in from the northern east coast
by car or train. Or we'll just have to
fly in there someday. We would really
enjoy sailing with all of them (besides the great laughs we have when we are
together).
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