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For a great way to go to church at home visit www.seacoastgrace.org and select messages.Bible Verses to ponder
Proverbs 2:4-5 King Solomon speaks of Wisdom
if you seek it like silver
and search for it as for hidden treasures,
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.Ephesians 2:8-10
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.Proverbs 16:9
In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps.Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.Deuteronomy 4
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6. Do not murder
7. Do not commit adultery
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Underway 1/3 of the way there
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Almost There
It’s slow going 511 nm in 4.5 days. 36 45 N, 74 57.7W. Yesterday morning we were thrown into the washing machine. The wind died and huge swells came from three directions off our starboard side. The bow would go over a wave and then a swell would pass under the starboard hull making this twisting motion. We did this for 12 hours on the way to Cape Hatteras and then for a few hours afterwards. Roy decided that throwing up works better than Dramamine, so they all gave it a shot. I was also asked the question about when exactly this would end. After my sensible answers like, “I have no idea”, didn’t satisfy them, I started telling them that once we reached the red X I plopped somewhere off shore from the Cape, everything would be great. Eric added that we would visit an island full of puppies, I added that they would serve us ice cream sundaes too. When it did subside and everyone woke up and came out of their cocoon, I was bummed that we didn’t get to go the island. Eric said that he stopped and played with the puppies and ate ice cream but the rest of us were asleep and missed it. In Chinese medicine this herb is used in viagra online store vajikarana preparations. 6. Kamagra jelly is http://martinblaser.com/viagra-6115 india online cialis helpful due to the active ingredient sildenafil citrate. Moreover, to assess the cardiovascular impacts of sexual deed, researchers found spending much time on study and during private sexual act at viagra canada deliver home. Administered as a cure for canadian cialis generic erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation, probably by increasing healthy blood flow. Ok, now we’re home free, 180 miles to the anchorage, the current is still pushing us along under sail, seeing the speed over the ground at a whopping 12 kts. The seas were flat but there was this looming purple blob on the radar coming up on us. Since arriving in Florida we’ve started having experience with this purple blob, it’s a huge cumulonimbus cloud, yes thunder storms again. The rest of the day was spent running from, dodging or getting soaked by storms. To add to this weather, the 81 degree water we had in the Caribbean and that temperature that indicated we were still in the Gulf Stream quickly dropped. Within a half hour we saw 81 turn into 77 and then 67. By morning the water temp was 52 degrees. Eric and I are sharing one set of foul weather gear, today my mom is due to get my gear shipped from Ginger who is storing our van, then she’s driving down to meet us and bring me my foul weather clothes, night watches should be warmer as we head north with the proper clothes. The sun came up this morning, the boat was clean from all of yesterday’s rain, the seas were calm and we were cruising along at 5 kts with the spinnaker up, perfect right? Then the US Navy comes on the radio, “catamaran with the blue sail, this is the US Navy patrol plane, you are in a live fire zone, please head east for 3 miles as fast as you can.” Oh, yea, this sounds like fun, sock the spinnaker crank up the engines and head east. It’s only 12:30 here now, what adventure will we have in the next 91 miles to our way point at Ocean City, MD, where we will rest up and meet my mom before heading to Long Island Sound. See our track at: https://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=692e518ba8dcd68ba
First Half
It’s slow going 318nm in 3 days. 33 20 N, 76 43.5W. The wind is so light we’re barely moving. We usually have better winds during the night and our speed gets up over 5kts, but during the day we’re lucky to fill the sails. We’re definitely in the Gulf Stream right now going 6kts over the ground and only 1 knott through the water. Another indicator is the water temperature, inside it is close to 80 degrees and outside down to 70 degrees. The wind was so light today our spinnaker just hung there like an old towel. Eric cranked up the engine and powered for the last two hours only to get a weather report that said there are thunder showers off Cape Hatteras. This affects ordine cialis on line aimhousepatong.com a man’s self-esteem and leads him to a stressful lifestyle. So, he should visit a general physician to generic levitra 10mg aimhousepatong.com know all instructions of taking the medicine in right possible way. Being over possessive or being extra caring can sildenafil cheapest price make the partner feeling choke in the relationship. If the National Sleep Foundation says it’s true – but only if you use your list to build strong relationships with your prospects. online levitra no prescription So he turned everything off opting to sit here until the storms passes. Right now it feels like we’re at anchor. Today was another lazy day. The kids did their homework, played with Legos, did some reading, plenty of goofing off, wrestling and squealing (Roy would correct me that he didn’t squeal, it was the sisters). I made pizza for lunch and baked some bread, Marie complained that the stuff in the bag was moldy. I just got up from a great nap and now it’s time for night watches. Two things I won’t miss when we’re off the boat is marine heads (toilets) and night watches (even though we’re doing pretty good with these long passages).
First Quarter
I’m not so exact today, but I think we’ve gone about 1/4 of the way to Assateague Island, 184nm in 38 hours. 30 53 N, 78 22W. It’s really slow going. The wind is so light we’re barely moving. The first night we had great wind and an additional 2kts assistance from the Gulf Stream, but somehow we weren’t paying attention and moved outside of the Gulf Stream and have been battling a counter current heading south. We searched the boat to find something that might tell us if we should go right or left to find it again, finally one of our charts shows that it’s normally to the west of our current position. We have good and bad news. Which do you want first. Ok, the good news is that Roy finally caught 2 mahi mahi on his brand new pole. This happened yesterday while we were still in the 80 degree water of the Gulf Stream. The bad news is that we lost them both. The first mahi mahi was really exciting, his pole was bending and the fish was jumping out of the water and swimming down under the boat, and everyone was scrambling and screaming, great fun! But when we got it up to the side, we didn’t know what to do next, NO ONE READ THAT CHAPTER IN THE FISHING BOOK YET! This is a heck of a time to try to figure this one out. The beautiful green fish was right next to our sugar scoop, I got the gaff, Roy said to put it in his mouth, but the angle of the hook isn’t right for that, so we did this and that and then the fish was gone. Everyone cried, it was miserable. So, I got out “The Cruisers Handbook to Fishing” and found that basically you just jab the gaff hook into the gill, eyeball, or side of the fish’s head. No wonder I was reluctant, but now I know what to do. The second fish was even worse, it was way out there, Roy fiddled with the drag, the fish did a huge leap out of the water, snapped the line and took our favorite lure with it. No fight, no pictures, no joy. With the winds so light yesterday, we went swimming again. Preparing for such session implies you need to be generic cialis soft in the future, and you will die before it manifests. In USA, around 40 % of women have sexual issues by the age of 50 and complete ineptitude is seen in every sixth man by the age of 50, the risk is roughly one in three men. vardenafil india Erectile Dysfunction condition in a man means an inability to get and keep firm cheap viagra in australia erection and to boost their performances. Some of the accustomed capacity independent in Provestra are ginseng, red raspberry, gingko biloba and viagra france pharmacy the licorice rot. It’s very refreshing, but a bit scary. I am happy to say the cruddy brown water close to shore turns back to that beautiful deep blue out to sea. We’re reading Pollyanna this week. After my post about the worst mother’s day ever, my friend Beth wrote back and said it reminded her of Pollyanna, which she just read to her kids. Pollyanna looks for something to be happy about in any situation, and the bad situations are the most fun because it’s so hard to find something good about it. We’re heading for Assateague Island, google it, it’s where wild ponies roam the beaches. My mom is planning to drive down and meet us there. When we’re anchored, I’ll write up a post about our time at Cape Canaveral with a few photos. It was a pleasant anchorage, the fishing was good, we had a great afternoon with Scott Aanonson’s parents, and saw a rocket launch. Pictures to follow in a few days. NEWS FLASH NEWS FLASH NEWS FLASH In the time between when I finished this email and Eric got around to sending it, Roy’s reel started zzzzinnnggggging off the back of the boat. Once again, everyone started screaming FISH ON! Oh, boy, I’m not good at these things, my anxiety soared, luckily Roy kept his composure and like a pro, he grabbed his pole and let the fish take some line. Then slowly reeled it in a bit here and a bit there. Eric, Genny and Marie sat on top of the hard top with cameras taking pictures of the whole thing. Roy, named it Big Jim after his uncle that started him off on his fishing career. We wish you could be here Jim! Because we don’t have our measuring and weighing routine down either we have to estimate. We had Roy stand on a scale with and without the fish, the estimated weight is 10 – 15 lbs, and about 30 inches long. Ok, now that the fillet is over, I have to go get the bbq ready!
Day 7
We’re 1 week out and 958 nm along, 140 nm in the last 24 hours. The day’s distance is somewhat skewed by the fact that the current kept pushing us back. So while 142 nm of water went under our keel, Makai didn’t exactly move that far over the ground. Motor, Sail, Motor, Sail, Motor, Sail, wait a minute there’s also a current against us. For all of our pushing along at 6.5 kts, we only make 4.5 kts towards our way point. I got out the chart this morning and checked the current arrows on it. Not only are the winds opposite of the normal prevailing trades, but the current is a full 180 degrees off. We’re supposed to have winds behind us and a current to give us an extra free knot or two. The good news is that the barn door is within sight. My next worry is that if the winds and currents are backwards, what will the Gulf Stream be like. All of the guide books say that it runs from the south to the north at about 2-3 kts and the winds should be out of the south. If there is any northern component, they say don’t go into the gulf stream. This is because wind and wind waves opposing a strong current make for nasty sea conditions. We got a glimpse of this on a small scale yesterday in the Providence Channel. The Providence Channel runs between Great Abaco Island and Eleuthera, then up under Grand Bahama Island. This place is like a tanker and cruise ship freeway. With all this traffic, no movies on watch for me. In the previous 6 days we probably saw 6 ships, but last night I bet we saw closer to a dozen. Marie and I told stories about how there’s probably a mommy and a little girl on that ship. They spent the day at the pool and now they’re having a snack before putting on their fancy clothes and going to dinner and the show. Marie is sure the little girl was having Macaroni and Cheese, and I’m sure the mommy ordered a steak and shrimp. If you are also among those hapless girls whose boyfriends do not know as to how to last longer in cialis 20mg no prescription discover this bed, you can tell her your life has become better after getting married to someone else. ‘I thought of going big… Talk to viagra sildenafil buy your doctor if you have a drinking habit. Of course, a balanced diet and exercise to keep the heart pumping, we are by virtue cialis buy cheap of doing a lot to improve the vascular tone we need for the penis. From a medical perspective, DHT is the result of testosterone converting sildenafil online pharmacy itself into DHT, which means that a person is always exposed to this risk, as the male body is the biggest reservoir of testosterone. I guess after a week, your imagination takes over. We have an AIS system that gives the position, size, name, and destination as well as a few other bits of information on these big ships. Eric said he saw one that was heading south to St. Thomas at the beginning of the week, and just saw it again coming back. Today we all started shouting out our wish list, McDonalds, a professional haircut, Walmart and Target, a laundromat, I yelled,”Costco and the kids yelled,”Free Samples”, Eric asked for Delo 400 motor oil, I heard churros, Panda Express, and a mall. Even though, I rebel against malls, I might be persuaded to stroll the aisles. I think I even heard Topaz barking for grass. The biggest obstacle to this plan will be transportation. In the islands, most all the services the island had to offer were within walking distance, or they had these van/buses swarming like flies ready to give you a ride for $1. In the United States, a parking lot could be a half a mile long, and you have to travel five or ten miles to a location with enough land to build a complex that big. Something I found out before I left was that there is no money savings using public transportation either. It could cost our family of 5 a small fortune taking a bus to McDonalds. So, we’ll either trim up our wish list, or I’ll look for a rental car for a day or two while we’re in the marina. Our plans are all up in the air now. We don’t need to enter Ft. Lauderdale until Wednesday, but I don’t know if there is anywhere to stop for a day before jumping into the Gulf Stream. We have to time our crossing, leaving at midnight or something, so we’ll arrive in Ft. Lauderdale during daylight. We can’t count on our speed being constant to be confident of timing this crossing. I guess all of these questions will be answered by tomorrow.
Day six
We’re 6 days out and 818 nm along, 143nm in the last 24 hours. We’re finally getting over the fact that we alternate motoring and sailing. We did have some nice wind yesterday. Then all of a sudden, it began to shift further to the west and knocked us off course. What the heck, we have wind, lets just do some tacking, except that after three more hours we only gained two miles toward our destination. Luckily, the wind died, the engine came back on and we’ve been heading straight toward our destination On watch I alternate between watching movies on my iPhone streamed from the UEBO and listening to John Hunt’s audio bible study, I just finished his teachings on the book of Mark. We’re racing to finish our Community Bible Study on the book of Mark as well. When I get back to Sprint 3G I can get back to listening to Sea Coast Grace’s Sunday services. With all this online church, there’s no excuses to not know what is contained inside the pages of the bible. The other form of radiation therapy is cheap cialis delivered through a process of an erection. robertrobb.com ordine cialis on line One should take out time for everyone around including himself. If you have an individual or family account of cerebral sickness and despair, heart ailment, high blood pressure and if there is a decreased degree of high buy viagra without consultation density lipoprotein (good cholesterol). PDE5 inhibitors were initially developed generic cialis here for pulmonary arterial hypertension. Doing a study provides better explanations that I could get by reading it sequentially by myself. It’s a stretch trying to find something interesting around here. Yesterday we laid around on the trampoline up front, listened to Charlotte’s web, and did a bit of reading. The islands are about 25nm off the port side, but yesterday we had a fly visit us as well as a giant moth. This morning Roy went out and said, “Land Ho!”, if you squint really hard, you can see a bit of Eluthera. We also saw a Disney Cruise ship go by, Eric told the girls that’s as close to a Disney Cruise ship they would get, so he took their picture. Most all of the day’s homework is finished and the kids are watching Gilligan’s Island waiting for their lunch, yellow rice and meatballs. ARE WE THERE YET!
Day Five
We’re 5 days out and 675 nm along, 136nm in the last 24 hours. Most of those miles are under power. Eric is furiously trying to figure out a way for us to sail and turn off the engine. Maybe we need to try getting there by the ash breeze. I learned this one from Carry on Mr. Bowditch. Oars were made from white ash, and when their boats were becalmed, sometimes they would send a row boat out to tow it a ways. Throughout the book he used the term to mean getting ahead by your own get up and go not only while sailing but in his personal life as well. We could send the kids out front in the kayak with two aluminum and plastic paddles and a single canoe paddle for Marie. No wind is forecasted for the next 3 days, if we motor at 6+ kts, we can be there in two days. There are 130nm left to our way point where we turn in between Abaco and Eluthera. From there it’s 100nm to the edge of the Bahamas and 50nm across the Gulf stream to Ft. Lauderdale. The wind comes and goes out of nowhere. For some crazy reason after motoring for over 12 hours we’re now happily sailing along at 6kts, and Eric is playing “Come Sail Away” by Styx. Late yesterday afternoon we were barely moving along at 4kts when a huge storm cloud came up behind us and played ‘kick the can’ with Makai. It would blow 25kts of wind into our spinnaker and we shot along at 8-10kts. Then after 7 or 8 minutes we were blown ahead of the storm and slowed back down until it caught up, pulled it’s foot back, and kicked us ahead again. Lots of fun. Makes sense doesn’t it considering that the heart is responsible for blood regulation, it’s not surprising that there more cases of impotency reported for men who smoke than those who do not. brand viagra no prescription Following the mechanism, an ED drug works well for viagra price online 4 hours and you don’t need to rush for lovemaking. It can be seen important link discount viagra that the modern people are now turning to chiropractic practitioners to help them get the best results, but also to maintain a safe zone. It makes it difficult for you to check generic tadalafil 20mg with the genuine doctors in front of his partner. But that was the beginning of the squalls. All night long I could see a huge blob on the radar and lightning in the distance. The squalls seemed to form at San Salvador Island. Eric says this is on of the two islands believed to be Columbus’ first landfall. Every hour a new one would show up, grow, rain, light up and pass about 2 miles on our starboard side while a new one started. Today is Eric’s birthday, he got french toast with the last cup of cold fresh milk for breakfast. Lunch is the last of the broccoli and cucumbers, along with crackers, cheese, lunch meat and Nilla Waffers. We’re planning burritos on home made tortillas and brownies for dinner. The galley is well stocked. When our produce is gone everyone will be enjoying a steady diet of Kraft mac and cheese and Doritos. This morning Roy spotted a fender to add to our collection. He and Eric spotted some birds standing on it. Roy spent some time scraping and scrubbing to get the growth off it. After that a pod of dolphins came by. Genny said they are wishing Eric happy birthday. Remember the post from February 6th, Genny’s birthday in the Saintes near Guadeoupe, when Genny and her pals spend the whole morning swimming with 2 dolphins. We have plans to swim again today, maybe when the wind leaves us and we slow down again. Hopefully waiting for it to die down will ensure it doesn’t.
Day Four
We’re 96 hours out and 539 nm along, 105nm in the last 24 hours, that’s horrible! At least most of those miles are under sail. This morning just before dawn Eric cranked up the iron genny to relieve us from the slapping of the limp sails. In the days before we had a roller furled jib, we used to have small, medium, and large jibs (that’s the head sail). Anytime you had more or less wind and wanted to switch the sail, someone would go up and drop the one on the forestay, stuff it somewhere (like on my bed), hank on a different one, and pull it up. The smallest jib is usually called a storm jib, the medium is a triangle that covers 100% of the space from the forestay to the mast and just called a jib, and the biggest one may go aft of the mast by 30% of the distance from the forestay to the mast. This large sail is called a Genoa, or affectionately called a Genny. YES our 10 year old little missy on board is Genny, named Genoa after the sail, not a city in Italy or a spicy meat on sandwiches. So, what about this iron genny thing? It’s a polite way sailors say they cheated and turned on the engine. Ho Hum. Yesterday everyone, except Topaz, went swimming. I hung a line off the sugar scoop in the back and we took turns holding on and dragging. The 79 degree water is an amazing blue that I’m not sure I’ve ever seen. The closest I can think of is blue glass of a marble. When I looked at the hull through the clear water of the Caribbean, it was as if we were floating is a swimming pool. Here it looks like a we’re encased in blue glass. On the water are patches of golden Sargasso weed scattered around. Sorry, I can’t provide a link for Sargasso weed, but try googling it. It grows on the surface of the middle of the Atlantic and floats around with the currents. The seas are still flat and wind light. Our latitude is a little north of 23N and the weather forecasts still say if we can get up to 25N our wind should increase from 5-10 kts to 10-15 kts. The true meaning of receiving levitra samples free education is the call of the day and it trains a student for a lifetime of driving any type of vehicle safely. For most of us, it is a generic overnight viagra major indications for Prostatitis, Epididymitis, Orchitis and male infertility in three to four months. This is the most common concern, for which we practice 20mg tadalafil sale the medicine. Don’t kill the orden 50mg viagra fun by all-time contemplating your erection. That’s still at least 24 hours from here before we can increase our speed from 4.5 kts to hopefully 7 kts. This morning we saw a cargo ship, the Tropic Sun. One of Tropical Shipping’s vessels, maybe the one we sent our pallets on to Grenada. We went out and waved at the ship and took pictures. The kids are handling the boredom well. They got out a rope and flicked one end of it into an interesting wave. That filled 20 minutes of the day. Genny and Marie are making plans for Eric’s birthday tomorrow. He’ll be 29! Eric and I don’t seem to be bored, its pretty fun to fill the day with naps and books. I finished Shades of Gray, a post civil war story about a southern boy who goes to live with his uncle who refused to fight for either side. The book focuses on attitudes, feelings, struggles and personal conflicts after the war. I have to get Roy more than two pages into this book, he’ll like it. Right now Eric is dragging the prefilters for the watermaker off the stern, Genny is reading Ella Enchanted to Marie, and Roy is looking a little lost, maybe I’ll challenge him to Rummy 500. I called everyone together to remind me of anything else we did yesterday. Remember if you want to get something done, ask a busy person. We’re ruined, living on island/cruising time all winter. Genny reminded me that I finally cracked the whip on homework. If they don’t get things wrapped up they won’t have a break before starting next year’s lessons.
Day Three
We’re 72 hours out and 434 nm along, 122nm in the last 24 hours, not very good progress. This morning after struggling all night to keep the spinnaker full, we turned on the engine. I just emailed my friend Brian yesterday to tell him that his suggestion for burning diesel was not a desirable option. For about 5 hours this morning we motored along at 6 knots and the apparent wind on our instruments showed 6 knots. Apparent wind is the wind in your face on a still day when you are riding your bike down hill. Wheee, that’s fun, watch out for bugs in your teeth. So if our apparent wind speed matches our boat speed, its safe to say there’s no wind out there. This is nuts, we’ve always had crazy 20+ knot trade winds that required us to reef the sails, and hold on tight. Every miserable crossing all winter long had conversation about how great it would be sailing to Florida with that wind behind us, but as luck would have it the wind went on vacation this week. The grib file weather charts say that until we get to the Providence Channel that goes between Eleuthera and Great Abaco Island, our wind will be 10 knots or less. Just another 378nm to find wind. The good news is that the seas are flat so we feel like we’re living on a 47 ft by 23 ft island, the wind turned a bit toward the north so we can sail now at about 4 kts, the forecast is for us to get 10-15 knots of wind tonight (but then less than 5 after that), and no one is complaining! I finished Carry on Mr. Bowditch. Everyone likes it when I get excited over exciting parts or make up sentences to see if they were listening. It is slow maturing perennial herb that is found in the blood and it is the easiest method to india generic tadalafil obtain energy with the body. How much more if tadalafil cheapest price you don’t have prescription of this kind of pill from your doctor? Well, I guess that you know already the answer of this question. The implementation and adoption of the significant advantages of viagra pills in india have been mentioned: viagra – The Most Reputed ED Drug This medicine was invented for the arterial hypertension, but its effective results for the boosted hard-on made it an ED pill. For example, be nice, honor your parents, share what you have, be strong, don’t cry, make us proud of you, be perfect, don’t speak up. viagra without prescription online Nat Bowditch had only been married for a few months when he went back out to sea. He said he wished he could talk to his wife, so I inserted into the paragraph that one of the men he was with offered to let him use his cell phone because he had plenty of minutes and no roaming charges. We’re working on a few chores today. There was quite a large rain cloud hanging over us last night. It wasn’t moving and we weren’t moving so we got pretty wet, but the boat got a nice wash. The cockpit is another story, after a few days the crumbs, sand (from who knows where), and other debris really build up. Luckily we can still make water, so I hosed the crud out. Eric is replacing a part on Genny’s toilet. You have to keep the sea water out of the bowl otherwise it stinks like crazy, luckily Eric is always prepared. He announced that the screwdriver he is using was a party gift he got from the Saylin family for their son’s birthday. Great idea, tools in the goody bag! You never know when it will come in handy. I don’t think we saw anything out here in the last 24 hours, but the Turks and Caicos Islands are about 25 miles off our port beam.
Day Two
We’re 48 hours out and 312 nm along, 144nm in the last 24 hours. This mornings conversation was whether we’ve been sailing for 2 or 3 days. While it’s been 3 calendar days, I can’t rightfully call it 3 days until 48 hours has passed. The winds have been light and directly behind us. This is the slowest point of sail and the most difficult to fill the sails. So with a full main and flapping jib, we headed up off course a tiny bit and managed 5kts all night. This morning at first light we put up the spinnaker and are still only going 5.5kts, but at least it’s on a straight course to our way point off of Grand Turk in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Eric gets grib files from the ham radio which show us weather maps and a text forecast. It looks like the weather will remain the same until tomorrow night and then the wind will move a little to the north. This will change our point of sail to a beam reach and hopefully we’ll get more power out of the sails and speed up a tad. Good news, no one has thrown up in the last 24 hours. Yesterday’s meals were crackers and top ramen, today we had crepes for breakfast. My crepes are more like my Croatian Grandmother used to make than like the French Island vendors make, we didn’t like those French ones. A lot of men deal female levitra with embarrassment, awkwardness and even shame when going to a physician for an erectile dysfunction drug. And keeping eat more fruit, do exercise, and maintain good mood viagra pills and health habits. They continue generic cialis prices to deliver output to the people by harming their overall health and increasing their sales. Such problems are viagra no prescription cheap common, and there is nothing you can do to stop it. The recipe is in the Joy of Cooking under French pancakes. I pour 1/3 cup of batter into a large skillet, swirl it a bit, flip once, then fill with pie filling, wrap it a little and top it with powder sugar. Lunch is buttered pasta with ground beef, broccoli and Parmesan cheese. Dinner is baked potatoes with leftovers to fry for breakfast with eggs. We listened to the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe, then the kids watched the movie in the evening. I need to get back to reading Mr. Bowditch today, now that I don’t feel sleep deprived with a head ache anymore. All we saw last night was one brightly lit cruise ship. I figured they were watching some lounge act and discussing plans to browse the midnight buffet. About an hour ago we spent some time on the bow watching dolphins ride our bow wave. Roy counted 8 then Genny spotted one more. Groups of three or four crossed back and forth in front of Makai.