Sailing Impediment

Loy and Linda arrived safely in Deltaville, VA after Ida blew through. We climbed up the ladder in the yard onto Sandpiper and found she is in good shape and dry inside! Coming across country Loy's right thumb and wrist were becoming increasingly swollen and by the weekend were not usable. A doctor at a walk in clinic diagnosed inflamed tendons and put the hand and forearm in a fiberglass splint and started anti-inflamitory meds. We will return to him in a week and will have to make a decision then about whether we can sail this season or not. In the meantime we went to a fish dinner and to Sunday services at the United Methodist church. In conversation there we learned there there are still remnants in Virginia of the Indian tribes that welcomed John Smith to Jamestown. These tribes are not recognized by the state of Virginia and thus not by the federal government. Nevertheless they are thriving and each year at Thanksgiving continue the tradition of making a good will gift to the government of Virginia. Linda is setting up her new birthday present, an ASUS netbook, for email and Skype at the public library in Deltaville. Post storm the weather here is clear and sunny with temperatures in the 60's F. (Note: if you write to us through this web site be sure to sign your message so we know who it is from.)