Finally on Kasidah.

Jon,Jack and Eric having coffe

Our dink being hauled off the topside

polishing the fuel

We are finally on Kasidah and in the water at Indiantown Marina where we store the boat during the summer months. She looked really good this year with minor clean up and very few repairs from salt and hot tempertures, this can really do a number on boats here in the warmer climates.

some snaps needing attention

addressing the snaps

Kasidah in work yard

Some of the projects this season were-scupper rebuilds, refer unit platform rebuild, wench cleanings,sealing and caulk on the cap-rail to prevent leaks and water getting inside, head rebuild, grill rebuild, polish fuel, generator maintenance, scrapping old cetoil and putting new coats on teak, make new cushion backs for the cockpit and as always making Kasidah look good for the season.

Our slip for a week

Blue making herself at home

We will be here for the week of Thanksgiving with all our friends before moving on to Stuart where we will provision for out trip to the Bahamas.

Washington DC and on.....

 

We had a great time in Washington DC while visiting our Oldest daughter Amy and son-in law Jeremy.
 We took the Metro into the city to visit our history and have some great food the weather was warm and sunny the whole time.
Cruiser friends of ours Jon,Marguerite and Erin just happened to be about two hours from the kids house in Deltaville so we took a day to go visit them and they treated us out to lunch. We plan on doing some sailing with them in the next month or two. It was great to sit and talk about all they had done up till then and people we had been friends with in the past. We are looking forward to more good time with them

We had a great time at the kids place and a surprise was let out of the bag while there. Jon and I will be Grandparents come June of next year. We are so excited about this and can hardly wait till June.

Visiting friends

  

My new hobby

     

Heading south...

all ready for winter

Blue getting ready for Halloween

We have closed our summer home up and now are slowly heading south visiting friends and family. We stayed in Tully at our good friends Vic and Diane's for a few nights then off to Connecticut to see our youngest daughter Jill and other relatives.

tour of CIA

On the way down we had a text from Garrett which is Jon's nephew, he asked if we wanted to stop at CIA (Culinary Institute of America)to visit him at collage so we said sure we're in no hurry. Very awesome place and the view of the Hudson was really amazing with all the fall colors.

Picture perfect hike

While in Connecticut we are doing some hiking,visiting and helping out with Mom and Dads house for a week or two, Jon has his 40th reunion Nov. 2nd so we will be attending that.

Jill and Ed

Breathtaking view

Hiking up to Heublein tower

We are going so slow we may even go backwards to make one last stop in the Tully area before our next stop in DC to visit our oldest daughter.
Our plan is to be in the marina to start work on Kasidah Nov.12th

Our summer comes to an end....

We have had a very successful summer here in New York, but Kasidah is waiting for our return.

The business has been nothing but amazing and our time here very pleasant. Seeing all our friends and family also has been just wonderful, but our minds are now fixed on Kasidah, what we need to work on next, where we will go, explore,who we will meet and all that stuff us cruisers think about when we are not on the boat.

We will be leaving at the end of this week and slowly heading south over the next month to visit with family before getting on Kasidah and sailing off for six more months of pure enjoyment.

We figured we would put a few photos of some projects we took on this summer.

Blue looking over Skaneateles Lake

Installing pump-up station on Lake

New panel and meter for old funeral home remodel 

Nice garage sale find....

Two room addition on Tully Lake

Total redo of bathroom   
This is what the customer wrote to us
 "Your work here is done and what good work it was!  Bye Jon, Bye Arline, Bye Blue....Bessie will miss you.........maybe.  Have a great winter!"

Time to go to the scrape dealer...

repairing damaged underground cable

Everyday the phone rings with one more project and Jon has finally started turning them away or scheduling for the spring and most of his customers are fine with that, it going to make coming back a lot easier.

We are very lucky people and we know it.............................VERY LUCK!
 To all of our customers, friends and family we would like to say Thank you.

Enjoying our summer home.

Pratt falls, great place to hike and picnic, and only about 40 minutes from us.

bike ride to Ithaca with kristy and Shane   

Taughannock Falls is located in Ulysses, NY, part of the popular Finger Lakes Region of central New York. The falls is part of Taughannock State Park located between the Village of Trumansburg and the city of Ithaca. The falls cataract has an incredible drop of 215 feet (66 meters), and is one of the highest east of the Rocky Mountains.

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The beautiful falls in Ithaca NY (about 25 minutes from us)

Blueberry picking with Diane

yum-yum

Jon and his work truck(Thanks Rob)

One of the many floods in the Central NY area this summer(Jon giving a helping hand)

Our good friends have finally cut the lines(we will be traveling with them this season).

once again "New York State Fair"

looks good!!!!!!!!!!

We met Hugo Acosta (Acostorica) and girlfriend at the fair. We've known Hugo since the kids were really kids.

 

Jill's Birthday cupcakes

Tinker Falls is about 20 minutes from us.The falls is simple but quite pleasant. The water free-falls 20 feet over an overhanging ledge to the rocks below, before continuing its journey into Labrador Hollow. The nature of the falls allows one to get behind the waterfall, although this must be done with caution.

We not only hiked to the falls but enjoyed a mile climb to the top of the mountain  to see a beautiful site of the valleys below.

Jon visiting a very good friend of ours "Buke"

Enjoying a late dinner

and a nice fire....