July 24th

Yesterday and today have been tough to cope with, but don't worry, I didn't start smoking again.
The Verity Family Wednesday night lost their long time friend, Larry Bell to a fast acting, cancerous tumor.
Today & yesterday were very difficult, but each day will get better.
We can all be happy that we had a lot of time with Larry and his family over the last 39+ years.
I am very happy that I got the chance to take Larry and Dad out boating, which in my opinion was one of the highest ranked things Larry loved to do.
Shannon, the kids, and myself are still wishing we had more time with him, and the last two conversations I had with him were talking about his getting down here for a Thanksgiving, and enjoying a deep fried turkey. We will have an empty chair at our table in honor of him this year.

He will be forever in our memories.

July 17th

After being harangued by family members, I have a quick update for everyone. In the Verity household, I am still smoke free.
This picture was taken over the July 4th weekend where we were anchored off of New Pass for the Sarasota Offshore Grand Prix boat races. It is considered the Indy 500 of the super boat races. That weekend we also saw Captain Keith & Deckhand Travis from the Wizard on America's Deadliest Catch. What was fun was they actually remembered us. Amber & Mark joined us for that outing, and we built a beer pyramid, and no, we did not drink all of those. It was a great weekend.
Ok, I'm back to working now, so will fulfill my monthly duty to all of you!