I'm finally getting a little time to write so this will cover my thoughts since St. Augustine. Aside from all of the boat escapades with diesel engines, filters, intakes, ad nauseum, seasickness, this has been a fantastic adventure! The boat is our home now and just like with a house, you have to work out the bugs....we just have to do it on the water in unfamiliar places-like pioneers- you really feel self-sufficient-it's great! St. Augustine is worth a visit- a Spanish influenced gem of a city on the water. It's quaint and charming with a wonderful history. It was founded circa 1565 but we acquired it in 1821. The city has red-tiled roofs and numerous churches with a Spanish flair. Henry Flagler-the railroad magnate who literally opened Florida up to tourists built incredible hotels that attracted the Great Gatsby crowd of the early 1900's. He collected "collections" of that time and his hotel-now a museum- is a true walk through life at the turn of the century! The Castillo fortress complete with drawbridge was a reminder of Florida's very early history. And now we sit here near Cape Canaveral with the space shuttle ready to launch this Thursday! Still no alligators-I'm told by locals that they lie just at the surface and look like driftwood. If they are frightened they slowly sink down in the water so you don't even notice them-I still want to see one...let them notice me. Hope all of you had a peaceful Thanksgiving-lots to always be thankful for and to remember this difficult year. Seeing Noelle for the first time since we brought her to college was wonderful-she looks great for a first semester freshman! Being with Gordon and Chris and Noe was so much fun. George and I are not mouse people-but Mickey was in full swing for all of us mouseketeers. Epcot is o.k. -it's like the old World Fairs-the rest is pure Disney at a very High price for most. Once you are in any of the 5 parks- you are a captive audience with captive prices. We stayed at the Coronado Springs Disney resort which is very nice and Uncle Gordon got his ice cream on Main Street-he is a #1 uncle! As always-being with everyone went way too fast and I can't wait to be with the kids in the Bahamas. I did get to see "mi amiga siempre" and her beautiful family . Karen and Paul came by the resort for coffee and talk- no big whoop-and it was terrific-like no time had passed-hadn't seen each other since our son Roger married the best daughter-in-law, Marie! Couldn't get over how the kids had grown-surely it's only the kids getting older, right? So now here we sit on the Banana River-and I need to go do some laundry on the Banana River-some things never change-even on your way to paradise.