Retired living in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Now, far away from the boats and waterways that gave me so much pleasure in years past, I will never be farther than a daydream away from those people, places and events whose memories I treasure. In The Same Boat was inspired by the Lake Michigan adventure chronicled in My Second Wind, and Three Flights to Phoenix is a sequel to In the Same Boat. Phoenix can stand alone, but should be more meaningful to those who have read In The Same Boat.