Jan.1, 2007 found Alice on the road back to Indio in preparation for her visit to Alison and Rod's to help with baby John David, #9, who arrived Jan.12. Bill was a bachelor for about six weeks during which time he and Barry moved the boats back to La Paz from San Carlos. Cousin Gloria came from Arkansas to make the crossing with Barry, cooking great meals and enjoying Mexico. Alice returned just before she left.
By April we headed to Santa Rosalia, where we left Grey Wolf for the next 6 months. We hurried home to get ready for Jeff and Margaret's wedding May 19. We sure appreciated all the help of family and friends. It was a beautiful wedding and reception. All of their siblings and parents were there. Welcome to the family, Jeff and son Andrew!
By late May we drove our truck down to Santa Rosalia and relaxed on the boat a while, returning to San Diego in June to work on selling our older boat. Thankfully, Bill did succeed in finding a buyer! Then we took off on our 7,000 mile road trip, visiting family and friends, covering 19 states in 4 weeks...
We again drove down Baja in August to check on the boat, since there had been a brush from Hurricane Henriette. We fared well, only losing the contents of freezer and refrigerator when shore power was turned off by the marina...
While home in Sept. we bought the eqpt for satellite TV on the boat. It took until the end of Nov. to get it working, and now we love watching the news, sports, and movies through SKY Mexico.
We've had several visitors this year. Dorothy Mathews was with us in Sept., our daughter Melinda (celebrating completion of cosmetology school) in October, and Ted and Carolyn Burrage in Nov. Who is next?
Bill was a proud grandpa at grandson J.D. and lovely Michelle's wedding in Sept. in Laguna. Then in October we made a weekend visit to Arizona to see Robin, Kelly, Tracy and their families. We got to meet three new great grandchildren, too! We also saw Alison's family in Clovis and then had early Christmas with Owen, Melinda, Justin, Eric, Arlene and baby Kaeli in San Diego where we also celebrated Kaeli's first birthday a little early! What a cutie!
As you've read our blog you have learned of the ups and downs of our life in Mexico. We have read books, made quilts and jewelry, and taken tons of photos. We look forward to continuing south, anticipating arrival in Central America sometime in early 2008. We hope to travel as far as Panama, at least.
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