Boating It's the week before Memorial day and Jimmy says this is the time to get his boat back in the water. It sits on a trailer in his yard all winter long. The sun came out just in time, signaling the day for boating. And here's a view of our current home from the water side.

Rainy Day It didn't just rain. It was thunder and lightening. It was OK - I had plenty of computer work to do. Kind of a frustating day actually. If you've ever done computer programming and spent hours tracking down a bug, you understand. If not, then how about when you're balancing a bank statement and spend all day finding that 14 cent discrepancy. aaaaarrrrgghhh But, it cleared up nicely for cooking chicken on the grill in the evening. For our Long Beach Island friends and family reading this blog, here's a few familiar faces: David at Southwick's Marina: Donny at Southwick's Marina: This is Danny - Jim's brother-in-law by his first marriage: And, here's Danny's son, Casey. After leaving us, Casey said he was going surfing. I said, but the water's about 55 degrees!! He said, yeah ... it's getting warm!! This guy goes surfing all year round. He said there have been times that he's been surfing with snow blowing in his face.

It takes about 5 minutes ... walking ... slowly ... to get to the beach. Here's the beach access trail; Do you see anybody on this beach? I don't.

Good Morning! And, what a beautiful morning it is too! Since we have no issues of privacy in front of the motorhome here, we're able to leave the windshield uncovered as well as the windows in the 'loft'. Love this view. Since we're using the kitchen and showers in Jimmy's house, we've been able to stay put for almost a week now without having to go to a dump station. Interesting how nice it feels to stay still for a while, when the most exciting thing about this life is moving. I expect I'll get antsy to hit the road after a few weeks. But, hey, you don't get much better than this parking spot. And, I actually have a lot of computer work to do. That's what I was doing all day yesterday and I didn't post to this blog. I figured you had enough photos of me sitting at the computer! Oh, what the hell?! And, have I mentioned the temperature? It's about 65 at night ... perfect for sleeping. It gets up to about 75 during the day, and we haven't notice any bugs, so we leave the door to the motorhome open and Odie is so happy to be able to come and go as he pleases. Speaking of Odie ... time to take him for a walk. Maybe we'll go to the beach. Bye for now.

Life on the Island I've heard of rolling up the sidewalks, but this place turns the stoplights off! Yep - they're only needed for the summer season. Unless it's somewhere between Memorial day and Labor day, all the stoplights on Long Beach Island are blinking yellow! Get a load of this view! What was a summer house for most of his childhood is now Jimmy's full time home. And you wonder why he never wants to leave ... And, here's another nice view ... men in the kitchen making dinner!