Katie loved being in school. She loved the whole college experience; the independence, the responsibilities, the dorm life, all of it was enhanced by ...having John at her side to experience it with her. She loved the new dorm building. It was small with only sixty-three rooms, which made becoming socially involved with your neighbors a lot easier. In their building they were seen as sort of celebrities; they were married, living together and attending classes.One day Katie was approached by two. ‘I love this.’ she said. We turned to the right again and she saw the cut leading to sea. I warmed up the GPS and the Autopilot. I entered the waypoint of the first spot I wanted to try. Light rollers about three feet high were coming in the cut. I watched her as we hit them and the bow rose and fell. She was concentrating on keeping us between the boulders that made up the two jetties that protected the cut. I told her she was doing great as I added power and got the boat up on the plane and. Therefore, we stayed tied up for only six days until we had enough passengers to make the trip worthwhile.The run to St. Louis was rare in that we saw no pirates. Did our reputation proceed us? We had no way of knowing, but I suspect that it did. Anyway, it was a comfortable trip made in near-record time, so all of the passengers and crew were happy. We spent two days in St. Louis and had a full load of passengers, though little freight.We were three days out of St. Louis when we ran into our. As things wound down Anne asked us back to her hotel room for drinks I didn't really want to go but Ron said come on man couple drinks it's still early, we ended up there what I didn't know was that much of the family was staying in that hotel including Jim's mom & dad. We ended up in the room with Anne when someone knocked on the door it was Andrea Jim's mom coming over to see her sister. I've known Andrea since I was a young boy growing up with Jim, she came in and joined us for a drink I.