Winterstale said:Chris. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Sad.gif" alt="" />
It was a very nice memorial. Lots of funny and touching stories were shared. I got up and represented for the TTOL crowd and the family was very pleased to hear about the forthcoming tribute to the Dawg at the Cat Fight and the plan to hopefully put the "Dawg Rock" marker in place. Linda, Brian, and I hung out for a bit afterwards at a nearby watering hole.
Nicole and Lynn are going to try to get down to the BVI during the summer, I believe. Nicole graduates in December so I think she wants to make sure they are able to get down to scatter some of his ashes there since October might not be possible for her. The plan would be to leave some ashes in the BVI for whatever is planned for October as well.
Bridget nailed it, but I wanted to add that when she talked about the TTOL plans for tributes to Saildoggie, the love was felt! Mark's friends and family were clapping and cheering - it was really cool!!
Re the funny stories - anyone ever heard the 'Boomer' story? It was told by one of his sailing buddies here in SoCal.
Re the watering hole that we visited - in honor of the Dawg, dark and stormies were the order of the day!!
All in all - an emotional, but uplifting day - so glad I was able to be a part of it.
You are missed, Saildoggie!
