Starting in 2002, I started dropping personal notes to Andrea since we were going to cruise together in Tahiti and on March 15, 2003 we began the journey and friendship. She and Doug opened their suite for her birthday party and it amazed me the number of friendships that developed so quickly. Canadagal==Pat & Al, Todd, Andrea & Doug, Penny and me were the only CC people and a whole host of other people at the party were non CCers)What a memorable trip and party.

Now we will celebrate Doug's birthday and Penny and I will be taking them out to dinner. We will also be hosting a BBQ dinner for them while there.

We're really looking forward to our visit and have assured Andrea & Doug that our schedule is flexible should they feel the need to reschedule our visit. Andrea will hear none of it. Fortunately Penny and I are very low maintenance type people so we're confident we'll be more of a help than a hindrance.

Some of you will recall that Penny was born and raised in England and me in Nebraska and we met while living in Brooklyn Heights, NY and we're really looking forward to revisiting some of our old haunts. We're really quite excited.

Also, we have so much to talk about and plan in connection with our meeting up again with Andrea and Doug while ROARing. What fun!!!

Cheers! Ray