Bonnie (make that Liam's-Sister-in-Law) and I closed out our drive home with a 30-minute cruise across Upper New York Bay on the ferry boat, American Legion. It certainly was the low pressure way to go and it was entirely in keeping with the Getaway Weekend as a whole.

Each of us spent different times in different places with different people. For example, Bonnie was with Barry Finn and David Diamond at lot. I have known Lisa Null about 25 years and I hardly ever see her anymore. Lisa and Judy Cook are both extremely fine singers. Scheduling conflicts kept me from hearing all of them that I wanted but it was great to be with them.

Max and Bert are 2 splendid, humorful chaps. I met them for the first time. They do a lot for us. I have to clean out the closet and find a few more auction items to help support their efforts. I had not met Dick and Susan until this year but we now find ourselves in the same place fairly often. Dick always has a thoughtful take on things and it's often unique.

Sandy and Caroline are friends of 25 years and I'm always happy to be in their presence. The same for Debbie McClatchy whose food was great. I had some nice chats with Dick Swain. Joe Offer hosted Bob Conroy and myself in Sacramento fairly recently and we became fast friends there. It was great to see him in his true enviornment - the camp.

I missed some people entirely... Mary LaMarca and Allan Clark, for example. How could that happen? I enjoyed hearing Roger in Baltimore though we didn't talk enough. Regards to everyone who exchanged a friendly glance or wink but not a lot of words.

Thanks to all of the team that put it together and made it work. What a great memory you've given us all!

All the best,
Dan Milner