The tail continues, last night I was at the house of the friend who commented and had to laugh when I saw her curtain pole which is currently broken and so is actually v shaped! I may have pointed out the need for a new rail ever time I walked into her room!

Just had to tell you my husband loved your comment so much he read it out loud to me. 🙂

Maybe your DAD’s friends wouldn’t notice a crooked curtain rail….

Mom and Katie have lots of experience with nudists from Germany where pretty much every beach has a nude area. From what I hear, those folks were rather scary to see! I guess you can just sell you clothes along with the house…more room on the boat that way! LOL! Honey may want to keep her collar on, my sisters and I never leave home naked.

Yeah, I used to be like that when I was younger. I’ve discovered two things:

1) A clean house is very nice and I shouldn’t only do it for company. I’m worth it too. (But I’m not so hot at practicing this one).

2) People come to see us (well, usually Honey), not our house. And your true friends aren’t looking under the furniture for tumbleweeds or on the shelves for dust. 🙂

Besides, I bet Dante and Ziva would rather spend time with you than your vacuum. 🙂

Good idea for the mom to relax about the dog fur. You just have to pick your battles, right?

And lots of cruisers are pretty sociable. In Panama, they even made a party out of burning garbage. They’d radio to all the other boats to meet on an island with their garbage. Everyone brought something to drink. And they sat around and watched the garbage burn. Weird, huh?

But everyone normally does radio ahead before dropping in. It probably has to do with the fact that lots of tropical cruisers are also nudists. 🙂

Actually, I suspect I’ll get more drop-ins sailing than I do now. Cruising sailors seem to be a pretty gregarious bunch. Or maybe it’s just that after spending 23 days crossing an ocean with only their partner for company, they’re desperate to talk to someone new. 🙂

And when we were in Panama, we got frequent visits from the Guna Yala Indians, selling molas and fish, asking to charge their cell phones, and looking for help repairing an outboard engine.

At least the cruisers usually radio first. But you never knew when a Guna dugout canoe was going to stop by.

Yes, I do try to keep in mind the extroversion or introversion of my friends before I drop in. Perhaps introverts who live in a town where drop-ins are likely could get a little sign for their window telling them that an introvert lives inside and they’d appreciate a call first. 🙂

Of course, with Mauja and Atka on greeting duty, I can’t imagine anyone would pay much attention to humans. 🙂

Buying some allergy meds, huh? That’s a great idea.

I do keep a lint roller handy, though. Not that it helps.

Oooh, well if you’re a neat freak you and Harley better call if you’re planning a trip to Ithaca. It might take me a while to get to Doodle-bug drop-in standards. 🙂