Friday October 18: A Bit of Work - Lots of Fun - Change of Command

Again another week has passed. Again where did it go? There was definitely progress made on the work list including making the replacement front cover for Yesterday's Dream.

The old one (made of a sport nylon) was in shreds due to the sun but it lasted 2 years so that was ok. Steve scrubbed the dinghy cover (we deflated the dinghy and stored it in the cover over the summer) so it could be put away nice and clean.

He also spent time cleaning up Matt and Wendy's tools which haven't seen much use since they have been living on base and essentially are just renters. Something broken? Call maintenance!! Gotta love that .....

Fozzie even helped with the last of the front shade cover - sadly he is limited by his lack of opposable thumbs but since he's so cute, we let him help anyway :-)

And then the fun began! Rebecca arrived on Friday morning after catching a red-eye from LA. A walking tour of downtown and then lunch at MJ's on the main drag of town.


New Bern is actually a neat town. It was established in 1710 as a Swiss immigrant settlement.

For some interesting history of New Bern, click here.


We spent Sunday afternoon on the boat watching a disappointing Browns game as we lost to Detroit. But the season is young, right? And we are ever hopeful :-)

 Yesterday (Thursday) was the Change of Command ceremony for Matt as he completed his first command position and will be moving to Camp LeJeune later this week for his new position.

There were lots of kudo's from his superior officers - it seems he did a WONDERFUL job in this command position (over 650 marines were in his care). Way to go Matt and Wendy!!

Linda (Matt's mom) made the trip from Cleveland to join in the celebration.

So there will be lots of packing stuff up to prepare for the move - it will go a lot faster with four so we're in for the long run. Can't wait to see our temporary digs at Camp Lejeune :-)

For more detail in pictures of the past week, check out the latest addition of pictures in Picasweb by clicking here.