As I continue the ongoing saga of Nine of Cups’ From There to Here, I feel like Charles Dickens serializing Great Expectations in the local newspaper each week. Uruguay proved to be a wonderful place for us. We enjoyed the people, the town and the laid-back ambiance of the whole country. Their motto seems to be “Tranquilo” … and tranquil it was.

Spiders have taken up residence in mass numbers at the Atlantic Yacht Basin. They are not particularly ferocious looking guys, but they're are certainly lots of them.

I mentioned last Saturday that it’s been a wacky week for this crazy crew and I thought I’d fill you in on the trials, tribulations and adventures we’ve encountered recently. We finally made the decision that we’d buy a van, specifically a Ford Transit diesel, and convert it ourselves to mobile living quarters. David will regale you next Saturday with the pros, cons and criteria for the decision. I’m here to talk about the “getting there”.