Blog is Back.....

It has been nearly three months since I posted a blog.  In the past three months,  a lot has happened aboard Persephone.  In the next several postings, I will bring you up to date.   Most importantly, my Dad (age 88) pasted away after a relatively short illness.  In early May, Persephone was docked at Jolly Harbor,  Antigua while I flew back to the States to attend the funeral. 

It has been 18 months since I visited the States (or driven a car...Yikes !!).  Attending the funeral was important; not only to say 'good bye' to my father, but to get re-acquaint with family and friends.  

A couple folks in the Blog-o-Sphere wrote and asked if I had lost my appetite for cruising.  Another friend wrote and was worried that I was spending too much time at anchor and may have lost my spirit for adventure.  Bob on 'Pride' figured I just drank too much rum and fell into oblivion.   Let me assure you all that none of these scenarios are true.  Any fleeting thought about giving up the cruising life (and there haven't been any) would be quickly crushed by the following:

This is Connecticut's famous Mystic Seaport   May, 2012



This is one of the 360 beaches on Antigua  May, 2012

This is Ian's Sabre 452 (a big sister to Persephone) at
her dock in Mystic, CT   May,  2012

The is Persephone anchored at Jolly Harbor
Antigua   May, 2012



Pictures sure speak a thousand words.....   !!