'Sandpiper' does an About Face and Heads North

November 8, 2007

Jan, Bob’s friend, flew home last Sunday to Mystic, Connecticut. We left them in Beaufort, SC several days ago and Bob said he would meet up with us somewhere around St. Augustine in the next week or so. It was so good to meet Jan – she makes Bob happy, and she said Bob makes her happy as well. We had heard so much about Jan and truly enjoyed spending some time with her. We received a call from Bob this morning 11/8 – he has decided not to go any farther south, but to head back to Deltaville, Virginia and haul his boat out of the water for the winter, and spend the winter in Mystic, Connecticut with Jan. We were not at all surprised. We are grateful to him for showing us the ropes and now feel confident to head South alone. We realized about a week ago that he was leaning this way. We will miss Bob very much, but couldn’t be happier for him and for Jan as well. We are hoping to talk them into coming to the Bahamas this winter to spend time on the boat with us. Bob left a jug of Virginia’s Bowman Scotch aboard, which we expect him to reclaim. Jan was already planning to spend time in the Bahamas with Bob, and Bob was planning to be there the whole winter, so this sounds like a no-brainer to me.