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| Rotary Club wine tasting with friends |
Monday marked our seventh wedding anniversary and we continue
having a blast together! We’d like to extend a special thank you to all of our family
and friends who made 9/22/07 an incredibly special day.
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| At work on the dock at Passion Yachts |
As the years fly by, we continue our quest for adventure and
fun. Thankfully, we made the decision to head south again to sail in Mexico.
This summer a few full time job opportunities for Judy came along but didn’t
come to fruition, allowing us to make our southbound decision. While many ask
when we’ll sail beyond Mexico, for now it’s the right place for us as our lives
continue to be split between work in Portland and exploration in Mexico.
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| Days of our Lives: In our attire at West Marine |
Portland summer’s been hot and hectic, both working lots of
hours and living the vagabond life. We’ve lived in 3 places finally settling
into a small furnished apartment mid-July where we finally unpacked our duffle bags.
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| Nancy & David visited on their way back to Mexico |
We both worked at Passion Yachts again – Mike continues
honing his skills as a sailboat broker and Judy coordinates sailing lessons for
the many people ready to discover a new world. And we’ve both been working
since May at West Marine in the world of retail. Judy’s marketing business,
Island Marketing, is also thriving as she helps businesses grow.
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| Julie & Craig on the Columbia |
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| Rooster Rock on the Columbia |
We did have 4 days when neither of us had to work, attending
Mike’s family reunion, going boating with good friends on Labor Day, a Rotary
wine tasting where we won the Bocce tournament, and the July 4th Waterfront
Blues Festival.
With all of the devastation on the Baja peninsula, we extend
our thoughts and prayers to our many friends in Mexico and to the sailors who
lost their lives there. We are fortunate that Pura Vida was out of the direct
hit of Odile.
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Judy joined the OR Women's Sailing Association
- on the water with Captain Steve |
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| Sailing into the sunset - Hunter 33 |
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| Capt Steve's spinnaker |
