Family Adventures
Email # 1

Hi All Ron is in Cabo San Lucas, the transmission went out on the boat about 85 miles north of Cabo on Wednesday Night, he then had the adventure of his life and by the grace of God he and the crew survived.  It's his story to tell and I'll not take the time now.  His email address is <ZZZ@ZZZ.com>.  He will be in Cabo until the transmission is fixed and then will take the boat on to La Paz.  I don't know if that is days or could be weeks.  I'm staying at Kerri's house in Long Beach and Boomer and I are doing fine. I'm still recovering from the shock of what happened and I hope and pray he decides to give this up. Love ya Judi

Well, I got on the stick and emailed her back with something to the effect "WTF happened?!?" Or maybe it was more like "Our prayers are with you as always. What happened?"
Email # 2

They ran into a storm, 15-20 knot winds, no engine, couldn't use the sails in that high of seas.  Waves 12-15 feet high.  One of the crew called the Mexican Navy and lied about being sick, they came out and took him off the boat but couldn't help Ron.  That left Ron with 2 crew.  They finally made Cabo and anchored at night in the fog, one of the crew fell asleep on watch and they drug anchor 9 miles back out to sea.  Finally had to be rescued by the Mexican Navy, seas were so rough, a large fishing boat finally went out to bring them in. One crew member was a diabetic and he had run out of meds and was going in and out of trances, the other a green sailor (he's the one who fell asleep on watch).  I guess Ron had made peace with God and said goodbye to everyone in his prayers.  It is a miracle they made it out alive...I'm still trying to figure out what he thinks is so great about this.  Thanks for the prayers Judi

I'm still hurting for details. It kind of reminds me of the movie Captain Ron. All my Uncle needs in an eye patch. I will try to give some more details if they come up. It definitely sounds like someone in my family is having the real kind of adventures.