Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

May the blessings of this 2015 Christmas Season be showered on you and yours. We continue to enjoy our Summertime life on the coastal waterways...and our summers at the cabin at the lake in Maine. One of the biggest changes in 2015 was losing one of our strongest supporters when Darcy’s dad passed away at 97 and 3 months. He certainly lived until he died. Well done, Oric O. O’Brien! The other big change was when Erin’s husband Brett accepted a professorship at the University of Maine. By June the Ellis family had bid farewell to their Atlanta life. Erin and Brett teamed up to carry out a major home renovation in Orono, Maine while Emily, Bailey and Cupcake bonded with Nan and Pop at the lake. Settled into their new home, they are really enjoying the rhythm of life in their new community. We continued our 15 year tradition of joining the Ellis family for Thanksgiving. Those two weeks were filled with festive family events. We woke up one morning to a world of white with temps in the 20’s! As Christmas approaches, we have moved our trawler from Georgia to South Florida where the climate is more tropical. Our future plans are to spend the summer of 2016 exploring the Erie Canal and cruising Lake Champlain as we progress along on The Great Loop Tour. We invite you to follow us on our blog: wallyanddarcy.blogspot.com Our cell phone continues to be 828-231-5025 as well as our email: wallyanddarcy@gmail.com Love, Darcy and Wally