What a Beautiful Sunset!

This sunset was caught by Alice from the top of our boat in Marina Mazatlan. The colors kept changing and this was the final result! One for the calendar she hopes to print and share someday...

On Our Way South At Last!

As the sun began to rise in the east, Grey Wolf was gliding over smooth seas as she navigated the southern crossing of the Sea of Cortez on November 22, 2008. The sky had been a bit brighter before the sun actually came peeking over the horizon, marking the end of Alice's watch and the beginning of another turn at the helm for Bill. It took a total of 32 hours to travel from La Paz, BCS to Mazatlan, Sinaloa, some 240 miles. Later in the morning some small sea birds decided to hitch a ride with us! Bill was not too thrilled with that, since they leave less than fond memories behind... so once I had snapped the above photo, I wrapped a black length of line around the railing and, voila~ no more bird landings! They flew over, but never touched down again... did they think it was a snake? Hmm We plan to be in Mazatlan for about a week and take in Thanksgiving while we are here.

Kaeli is Two Years Old Now!

On November 2 Kaeli Goodson turned two years old. Her grandparents Jerry and Theresa gave her a lovely "Dora" party which was well attended by members of Arlene's family as well as Bill and Alice. She got so many gifts that she was overwhelmed. She just wanted to stop and play with her new toys, but the gifts just kept coming. Her parents had to rearrange her bedroom to make room for a new wooden child's kitchen she was given. She is set for quite a while now!

We made a fast trip to Phoenix!

It was time to make our annual trip to Arizona to visit with Bill's daughters and their families. Until this year, three of the four girls lived in Mesa and Gilbert. The fourth has joined them so now they are enjoying a new closeness~ We saw all the girls, two sons-in-law, 6 grandchildren, and 3 of the great grandchildren! What a great weekend~

A Very Early Christmas~

We have been determined to leave for Mexico for over a week now and it has not happened yet. However, we did have a fun evening a few days ago when we celebrated an early Christmas with Justin, Melinda, and Eric and his family. These are Alice's three youngest children. We had dinner and then opened gifts. It was a little hard to imagine that we were celebrating Christmas, since the weather was still in the nineties in Indio!