We took a much-needed break this year from the last three years of constant travel and significant time away from family. We had originally planned on spending a month in Columbus to see our daughters but quickly learned, we needed to stay a bit longer, so we signed onto a 4 month a short-term apartment in Columbus living with daughter #2. She was on a travel nursing contract in Columbus working nights through the beginning of October. This gave us quite a bit of time not only with her but also my sister, daughters #3 & #4. We even had the treat of having daughter #1 come back from Spain (teaching English there) for a couple of weeks. We took the opportunity to get them all together for a very nice home cooked Thanksgiving Dinner over the Labor Day holiday. We also had a blast spending the summer hanging out with my sister but quickly learned, when it comes to not travelling, drinking beer becomes our pastime and that is not necessarily a good thing.

Other things we learned while being on land for a bit and back in the states is riding the motorcycle again was awesome, but we nearly got killed everyday since most people in the states drive with their iPhone in their face and cannot do two things at once. Secondly, beer is entirely too cheap and accessible and now we both have about 20 lbs. to lose. At least in the islands we must schlep our beer a mile and a half through 150 degree heat, so we automatically drink less and burn more calories doing so. Thirdly, we planned on having a third checked suitcase to take back filled with boat parts, however, with the accessibility of Amazon delivery, we ended up carrying back 10 times the weight in boat parts than clothing. And lastly, being in one place for 4 months was too long. Our upstairs neighbors in our apartment were very loud jerks and we had several altercations with them. Missing the boat was inevitable.

Our last day in Columbus was October 2^nd and we moved out of our apartment, rented a car, and took off to West Virginia to see Ron’s sister. After that we spend a few days in Jekyll Island with my parents helping them with random household chores like painting/ electrical what not and auto repair. It feels good traveling again and we are just that much closer to our final starting destination…Grenada which is where we land today once we get through the Miami connection. Here’s to the beautiful waters of the islands and smooth flights!