Captain Rob

On Wednesday I had another 'Before the Mast' program aboard the Pilgrim at The Ocean Institute. The students were 5th graders from Our Savior Lutheran school. I was the Captain on their program last year as well. Their photographer took lots of pictures of both programs, and he brought me a disk with the pictures from 2008. This one shows me standing on the quarterdeck of the Pilgrim.

We give the students lots of hard work and challenging tasks, but we sprinkle the program with sea chanteys, a jig, and a few humourous moments as well. Few things are as satisfying as the expressions on their faces.

A Second Grandchild

My elder daughter, Amber, and her husband, Ron have blessed us with a granddaughter, Briana Carlotta Gill.

Brianna was born on September 22. Because she is adopted, we held off on the announcements for a week or so until all of the adoption paperwork was complete. I sent out emails to family and friends, but I did not get around to writing in my blogs until today.

Bonnie and I are happy, of course, to have a second grandchild.