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course that’s where I had to be if I was going had Marcie and Pelican Point on speed dial
to be on a boat. As the years went by, we in his phone, so he asked Marcie to keep us in
traveled to the coast and the mountains, and mind if something that would be perfect for
went through several other sailboats as well, us became available. We got a call from her
so as we began to slow down, it was time to a few weeks later, saying that she might be
make a decision. This was also prompted by a getting a Hunter 33.5 that we might want to
hip replacement, and then a knee replacement check out. That one would be larger than our
a couple of years ago, so we thought it was previous boats, and when he told me all about
time to sell the boat and enjoy our home in it he said, “It’s kind of old though”.
Asheboro. I also have a small business there
My reply was, “So are we!”
as a floral designer, and my husband teaches
at our college. We told Marcie to sell the last We made the two-hour drive to see the
boat, and she did so very quickly. boat, and as soon Marcie opened it up, floating
on “A” dock back in the cove, we knew that it
This past spring marked our fifty-
was just what we both wanted.
third wedding anniversary. As Steve was
approaching 75 and I was nearly 73, he said to So Steve and I both smile when thinking
me “What do you want for our anniversary?” about memories of our times at Smith
He thought that I might want a trip or a Mountain Lake, and now we are looking
cruise. But I replied that I knew exactly what forward to making more memories at what we
we needed: a sailboat at Smith Mountain call our “Happy Place”.
Lake. His eyes lit up, and he said that he still
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