Work continues in Portsmouth – on island time… Unfortunately, we’ve still not started on the moorings but the Pavilion is coming along nicely.

It won’t look finished until the roof is done – which has been contracted out by a charity organization the Hank Schmidt operates – they’ve raised over $25,000 for the Portsmouth area – including the roof!

Meanwhile, we took some time off to do the Indian River Tour with Albert and his son Alvin. Helen on Alembic had been insistent that Albert join us – his first trip up the river since losing one below the knee shortly before Maria struck. He was in fine spirits as Alvin rowed us up the river. Sadly the river is not so well and I’ve included a couple of shots from last year to compare with this year’s river…

Even so, we had an interesting tour and saw quite a variety of wildlife.