Tomorrow Carol and I start flights to the Azores, the first of which takes us to Newark where we have a very long layover, departing just before midnight for Ponta Delgada on San Miguel Island where we will arrive Tuesday morning. We will be in the Azores for a week and then take two days to return to Hilton Head Island, having to spend a night in Newark at an airport hotel.
The trip is to celebrate Carol’s retirement and our 30th wedding anniversary. Carol has asked that this time be just for us and I agree, so I will not be posting or answering emails between August 12 and August 20 or later. As you know I cut myself off completely when I go to sea and this is not much different.
We sailed to the Azores from Boston in THE HAWKE OF TUONELA in 2001 and I had sailed there earlier with Jill on a 4,000 mile passage north from St. Helena in RESURGAM in 1987 or 88. They are one of three places liked by everyone I know who has been there. The other two are Ireland, which I have never visited, and New Zealand. I hope they have not changed too much.
In the unlikely event you suffer Webb Chiles withdrawal symptoms, you can get a fix at
https://www.inthepresentsea.com/the_actual_site/webbchiles.html
I leave you with a poem by Wang Wei, 701-761, and wish you joy.
5 comments:
Webb, Thanks for another great Poem! Hope you have a great trip to the Azors!
Rich
You haven’t been to sea in so long it will do us all good too. Thanks!
Far, far too long, and with the hurricane season it will be longer, though I may manage the sixty miles to Charleston.
Happy anniversary to you both!
Thanks, Guy. Back home this morning.
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