Welcome Baby Jacob Wilhite!!!

Jerry went up to Stockton to meet the new arrival of his newest grandson Jacob Adair Wilhite, who was born on September 2nd 2010.  While he has been gone nothing new has been going on here in San Carlos.  It rained the second night Jerry was gone, which was a much needed rain for this area.  Other than that the weather has been hot, hot, hot, there has been no tropical storms brewing down south, so no weather problems to worry about while he is gone.  I did go to a beach party with about 6 other cruiser boats, Kate and Dan on Akupara picked me up with there dinghy since Jerry is still trying to get our outboard motor working.  Speaking of motors, Jerry did end up taking the outboard up to Stockton with him to have his brother, who is a motor mechanic, to work on it...so keep our fingers crossed.  Jerry also is picking up a washing machine for the boat, I know what you are thinking, really you need a washing machine.  But Karen and Paul on Gigi have one, and when were found out the price in 17 washes it will have been paid for.  So I can't wait to see it, hopefully it will fit and be installed without a lot of problems.

I am starting to ranch sit for some friends of Jerry and mine who are going to Italy for 3 weeks.  They have 11 horses, 4 dogs, 4 cats, 2 parakeets, and a dozen or so chickens, so it should be a new adventure for me.  I will be taking care of the place by myself for 5 days, before Jerry gets back from the states.  Can't wait to start cruising next month, Mick and Tracy on Quatro Viento are back from there summer trip to Europe, and I had them over for dinner with some other friends and it was exciting to start talking about this fall.  Just hope Jerry was able to get the parts he needed for the generator, then for the most part we should be good to go in the engine room.