Graduation

Well, this is the last post to this blog.   Our travels back in the USA pretty much ended here in Bellingham and now we leave to return to the Philippines and our boat, Kelaerin.    We ended our 7 month trip back with a bang seeing our daughter, Kelly, graduate from nursing school with lots of honors and the start of a rewarding career for her.    If you are ever hurt and need a nurse and you are lucky enough to get Kelly, you will be in good hands, indeed.

This is Kelly after she was "pinned".

 Kelly with her experienced nurse support group.   There's over 120 years of nursing experience standing there next to her.

Then there was the graduation from the college.   Kelly was awarded merit scholar and inducted into Phi Theta Kappa.  My blog, I get to brag a little.

We spent father's day together on a whale watching cruise.   We were on a good one as we saw one of the San Juan Island Orca  pods and watched a mother and her calf, as well as several of the orcas breaching and tail slapping.   The picture below is borrowed.  I never could catch one on camera.

We caught up with a lot of old friends while in the PNW.   Richard and Charlie Birge spend summers in Port Orchard on their boat in order to get away from the Florida summer heat.

We toured the Naval Undersea Museum while we were with them....

Charlie and I dressed up a bit.

We also got to visit with the Wetherby's with whom we had cruised the W.Coast of the US into Mexico 20 years ago.  It was great catching up with them.   And with all our friends.....

While we are glad to be getting back to our boat, we hate leaving our girls behind.   They've got their lives, I know, but it is sometimes a long time between visits.   As parents we are proud of both of them.    As a mom, I'm going to miss them.