Author: Journey Waters

August 18th 2016 Point Pleasant, NJ I’m right back where I began, well almost. Today started off perfect. Martha and Steve took Arlene and I to the boardwalk, just a few houses away. I could see Jenkinson’s, on the Boardwalk, but it was the Palm Trees that really caught my eye. Palm Trees! I’m in…

With the gear and kayak loaded up last night, Arlene and I awoke to what should have been an easy morning, but as always happens, there are things you forget and sure enough I forgot to wrap up some e-mails and tasks before we hit the road. I was scrambling to get out of the house and we didn’t hit the road till after 10am, an hour behind schedule.

I started off the day doing some investigative research into Elana’s past while Arlene attended a Real Estate closing. I’m trying to locate anyone who may have been friends with Elana when she was a little younger. I’m still searching for the period of time after she got married and before her husband passed. Unfortunately, all my leads were dead ends.

Upon arriving we headed to the Beluga Whale exhibit were we got to see two Beluga’s playing in the water in front of us. Tinier than I had imagined, but still large enough to make me worry if I encountered them in the surf where I’m kayaking, but luckily they are Arctic and Sub Arctic mammals, but even so, would probably not be interested in me or my kayak.

Approaching her room, I found her in a wheelchair in her doorway. I asked her name and there she was. I introduced myself and she invited me in. We sat, talked for a moment and I asked her if I could record our conversation. She agreed and so it began.

I was trying to decide what to discuss today as it was a day of helping Arlene move some boxes, then it came to me – via e-mail. I had sent out some emails looking for support in New Jersey and I’d gotten some nice replies and now have a few people working with me to come up with solutions, but the email I got was an alert that someone had mentioned this blog.