No photo this time - we are back in Oregon after a week and a half trip up the coast of Mexico, into Sonoma, CA for some wine tasting and laundry duty and a full day's drive from Sonoma to Oregon City.  When we got home it was as though we had brought the wonderful weather home with us.  It was 82 degrees the first two days, but now it is back to Oregon Spring - 60 something and the threat of rain all the time!

I have thrown myself into deep cleaning as our youngest son was house-sitter while we were gone, and he did not clean (except for dishes and laundry).  If he were not going to school, working full-time AND getting straight A's I would have to fault him ... There are so many things to take care of/reinstate - the cable TV account, newspaper, gym membership, etc.  Not to mention letting everyone know that we are, indeed, back home safely.  So many have been concerned for our safety, and as I have mentioned earlier most of that concern is unfounded.  We had a very easy drive back home.  There were maybe two times out of at least ten checkpoints that we were worried we would be detained, and with those we weren't frightened - just potentially annoyed at the delay.  And... the worst of those incidents was with US Customs agents.  Most of the Mexican agents apologized for detaining us just for a minute or two.

While I clean, both inside and out in the yard (and I have indulged in some Spring planting), Gregg has focused on getting our boat cleaned up and ready to go.  He has his fishing license and now has his own calendar going trying to juggle about 6 or 8 people and schedule several fishing trips in the near future.  Priorities may be different for us, but it's all good.

Check in with us in August or September as that is when we will be planning our next trip, expected to be from Nov. 1st to at least the middle of April of 2013.