Having spent a very pleasant 6 days back in our usual berth at Pepper’s, slowly decommissioning the boat, catching up on laundry and most importantly catching up with many friends, Pepper hauled the boat first thing this morning. We are now sitting in Philadelphia airport, waiting for our flight to Portland (via Washington Dulles). With our delay arriving back in the US, we couldn’t see how we could sort ourselves and one of our cars out in time to be able to drive across the country, >3,000 miles, in time for Scott’s army commissioning ceremony on Wednesday. Instead we are flying but still plan to explore some of British Columbia and a few National Parks (Glacier, Yellowstone, Olympic) after Scott’s ceremonies are over.