I have to replace the solar water heater panels on my roof that got trashed by hurricane Irma but that is a minor inconvenience compared to the devastation just up the Keys a bit. Grace and I took a motorcycle ride up to Big Pine and just about every home has some damage and many were completely destroyed. Huge mountains of debris still line the road and the county just approved some FEMA trailers so that some residents have a place to live while they rebuild their homes.

Boats were washed up on shore, boats sank and just over on Smathers Beach which is a few blocks from my house there are boats that have capsized and washed ashore. Nevertheless, we see evidence of rebuilding and a can-do spirit here, just as we have seen in other areas devastated by hurricanes or disasters.

It should be an interesting journey back to the north country this weekend but I love Vermont so it will be good to be back and knowing that I will soon return to the land of sunshine should help to keep me warm!

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Your Kibbles & Bytes Team,

Don & Emily