Last Saturday evening (June 15, 2024, before my fall in the Walmart parking lot); Pat, Glenn and I went on an evening cruise. It was wonderful.
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| Glen and I chatting as the sun sets on our evening cruise out of Lewes, Delaware |
I have been on this evening cruise once before with my friend Bob C. in 2009.At that time I was much younger and healthier, I could stand up straight. As you can see in the current picture of me the arthritis in my neck has changed my stance. I'm not an old man. There is getting around that fact now. But be that as it may, there was a long time between evening cruises.
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| Me and Bob C. Whale Watch cruise 20009 (we didn't see any whales) |
This cruise leaves Lewes, Delaware out the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal to the Broadkill River to the Atlantic Ocean and back. The cruise leaves about seven PM and returns approximately two hours later, at nine PM or just about when the summertime evening begins to darken. It is a lovely cruise.
The last time I took it with my friend Bob C. (the picture of us is one of the daytime cruises which I also took) the cruise was booked solid. There was a large Russian contingent, most of those folks were young foreign workers in the town of Lewes, Rehoboth and thereabouts for summertime employment. Even though I enjoyed that cruise I didn't have a chance to stand by the railing and enjoy the warm summertime evening breeze off the water.
When the cruise boat leaves the Fishing Wharf Dock, the captain blows the horn and folks around the canal know the drill, wave at the tourists going out on the boat to see the dolphins. Sure, it's hokey but it's fun. Especially when you're with friends and Pat and Glenn are just the perfect friends for a summertime holiday! Two delightful men who I am very fortunate to have as my friends.
This is the Sunset Cruise and the sun didn't let us down. Glenn and I took advantage of the beautiful sunset on the water to take some great pictures.
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| Glenn taking that iconic sunset picture of the lighthouse |
Glenn and Pat were here for ten days. Every day the weather was perfect summertime weather. Of course the sun and warm temperatures probably contributed to me collapsing the next day in the Walmart parking lot but that's on me. I should have gotten more rest.
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| My lighthouse sunset picture - good enough for a calendar? |
With Glenn I was able to get some pictures of me and Pat that weren't selfies. I have a couple pictures that strangers took when they saw me trying to take a selfie of me and Pat in whatever city we were in at that time. Glenn took some candid pictures of me and Pat. That was so considerate of him. Just how lucky am I to have such friends?
Here is an interesting fact. I met both Pat and Glenn through my blog but neither one of them reads my blog. Even now they don't read it or follow it. Pat saw my photo on the Internet when I testifying before the Delaware State Legislature in 2013 for Marriage Equality. He was wondering who that handsome guy (me?) was and did some Internet sleuthing and found my blog. That's how he contacted me in the summer of 2013 and the rest is history. He occasionally reads my blog when there is something special but I doubt if he will even see this posting like most of my blog postings. That's all right. We're friends now, and that's all that counts.
With Glenn, it was his late partner Michael who followed my blog. Glenn never read my blog but was aware that his partner liked my blog and eagerly looked forward to my postings. Can you imagine anyone looking forward to my postings? Not fishing for compliments here folks but my blog is mainly about my self therapy. I just have to write. Glenn knew of me. When his partner Michael died, he sent me a note telling me of Michael's passing. I was wondering why Michael never commented on my blog anymore. As I wrote before in this blog, I received Glenn's note of Michael's passing the evening Bill was airlifted to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia with a traumatic brain injury in January 2021. I was so distraught that night, thinking that I would never see Bill alive again. I managed to find Glenn's phone number and FaceTimed him and we've been friends ever since. This was Glenn's second visit to Casa Tipton-Kelly. He is always welcome to visit.
I'll post more this week about Pat and Glenn's visit. Their visit was one of the delightful times of my life in spite of the three day hospital stay I had when I over extended myself. Thank goodness they were with me when I fell and provided support for me. I am so fortunate to have such friends.