Very excited that the holidays are upon us. Thanksgiving in Albuquerque with Pat, Mollie, maybe Bjorn, Caitlin, Olive, Bear, Brady, Jon and Ruth. Kiara may have to work and Kylie does have to work so staying in SoCal for the holiday. I have been tasked with stuffing, carrots and I delgated Sonia’s salad to Mollie. We have to bring the blow up bed if we don’t want to sleep on the floor. Should be a party! We will have Christmas at home (although we may go out for Chinese food for Christmas dinner!) and maybe New Years at Catalina.  Photo below – Mom and Dad Hagar’s; Georgetown, SC Christmas 1991.

Working on boat. Trying to waterproof the deck as best we can until replacement next spring. We recaulked a couple of sections that really needed it. We have many more areas and we wil probably work on it again this weekend, weather permitting. The teak is shrinking, particulalry around the hatches. To compound the problem, the caulk remains high so it creates little pooling areas on the teak which in turn makes the teak shrink more as it dries. We are in a catch-22 with it. I think that we may end up replacing a significant amount of the core on the deck because it has rotted out. Will be checking that as we remove the teak. It’s a boat!