Good morning, looks like everyone but Chris and me has work to do today. Mom says she feels like she is on vacation, she is adjusting to my step dad not being here.
Today we are going to drop by "the boat shop." My Dad's best friend has been designing and building wooden boats since before I was born. It speaks well of my Dad that he was accepted right away when he moved to town, because he was a yankee, though he never displayed the stereotypical attitudes that Florida Crackers dislike.
My Mom hasnt seen him for years but she knew him well too while my Dad and her were married. Most of the boat shop inner circle acquired nicknames, and my Dad was Captain Pea Turk. They never called him by his given name. I never heard how he got that name or what it means so I am hoping to find out while I can.