It is mid October and although the sun is in full control of the sky, there is a definite chill in the wind. Windproof pants would have been far superior to my levis, but the day was too nice to hide below deck. Dinner was dressed up beans and fresh bread. The kind of simple meal that you might not chose at home, but was immensely satisfying and tasty after much fresh air and activity. The meal and outing shut the kids down early, and Bruce and I drifted into easy conversation.
Visits come so few and far between.
As old close friends are bound to do we skiped over the day to day trivia and gossip. We talked about fundamentals of our lives. The decisions that we have made, the paths we have followed. We listened to the older boys in the forward cabin rambling on endlessly, the filters between their brains and their mouths not being fully developed yet. They explored new subjects and old, tested the parameters of polite conversation and finally their voices gave way to the soft sounds of slumber and the lapping of water on the hull.