Christmas with Grandgirls aboard Cool Change
We've had a busy week and a half but finally have some downtime to catch up with what we've been doing over Christmas. The best event was a visit from our middle son and his family, just before Christmas. Presents for the two grandgirls were under the tree when they arrived and we all enjoyed watching them unwrap the full sized American Girl dolls that Grandpa and Noodle (that's Colleen) got them. The dolls were a big hit and pretty much stayed attached to the girls' sides throughout the two days they were here.
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| Dolls and sticker books - guaranteed to make grandgirls happy |
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| How many people are apending the night on Cool Change? Count the shoes. |
All six of us spent two nights together in relative comfort on the boat and enjoyed visiting and catching up and playing with the girls. We had some meals out with friends so I didn't have to do much cooking (remember my small galley). It was a great visit. Patrick and Maria, thank you so much for coming to see us.
Chrisrmas Cookie Making
On the 23rd we took a drive over to Orlando so that Colleen and Patty (my sister-in-law) could make decorated Christmas cookies, a tradition that goes back about thirty years. We had extra help this year from her granddaughter, a promising little decorator.
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You're seeing only about one-fourth of the cookies we produced. Remind me that I still have some in my freezer if you should come over in the next few days.
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On to Denver!
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| Denver, CO in the distance |
Then, on December 24th, Wayne and I left 85 degree weather here to fly to Denver, CO, to spend Christmas with Wayne's sister and her family. They had just had a heavy snow and we arrived there to 28 degrees. Quite a shock. Judy had saved the snow on her back porch just for us and she pretty much locked us outside until we produced a snowman with it.
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| Can we come back in the house now? |
Christmas with Judy and her family was great fun. We were well fed and well toured around the Denver area for four days, visiting the Denver Mint, the Clyfford Still Museum, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the local Krispy Kreme doughnut shop and the mountains to see a view of the valley (wow, the Coors brewery is BIG!).
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| Red Rocks Amphitheater |
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| The newly opened Clyfford Still Museum |
A rather odd part of that trip was that we had a layover in our hometown of Charlotte both coming and going. Not enough time to go to our house but a chance to see the rocking chairs in the lobby and for me to feel just a little bit homesick.
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| A brief pause in the Charlotte-Douglas airport before we take off for Denver |
Repairs/Maintainance
Wayne replaced the third and fourth fuel sending units and now we finally have a clue about when we're running low on fuel. Today he also replaced the vinyl windscreen on the left side of the boat which had ripped out the zipper from old age. His trusty sewing machine, 60-plus years old, has sewn many feet of canvas, both for this boat and our smaller boat at home.
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| Yes, it's his and he knows how to use it!!! |
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