we went boating today on the koewee lake with jim and joyce(vivs foster parents) and ruth and ron. it was rons boat. It was simply grt. Ron is into candy business. ruth is a nurse. jim is a doctor while joyce is a housewife. They are really nice ppl. ron used to teach robotics at a coll nearby and he was discussing some aspects of it with me. we had lunch by a waterfall. it rained on our way back so for some time we had to dock our boat. Myself ruth and viv took up the job of anchoring it and we got totally drenched. rons place was beautiful. He built his house by himself. he showed us pics of his ancestors. one of them had fought napoleon.. his granddad fought the civil war. ron carves on wood...grt stuff. I plan to buy ron et all some gifts when I'm in India. least I can do for giving me a ride in his 15000$ + boat