Pete,

As we kept going back each year our boats kept getting bigger and better - rowboat to rowboat with a motor to a 14' outboard to a 17' outboard. I never did want to try water skiing, but we had the fastest boat for it by the time Daddy was done. We used to have friendly races and they were a blast.


We kids decided to climb (on the path) one of those mountains one year as a thunderstorm was rolling in. We figured it was OK bacause there was a higher mountain next to it. I was just a few feet from the top when my dog panicked and jerked me down with his leash. At that moment lightning struck right where I had been about to step. Turns out that the mountain we decided was safe to climb was filled with iron ore.

It's amazing sometimes how we ever made it this far.

Lani

SCC part glossectomy 3/06, recur 8/06 glossectomy, floor of mouth, part of jaw removed, RT/chemo thru 10/12/06, PET clear 7/08
"A bend in the road is not the end of the road, unless you fail to make the turn"
Passed away 12/14/08