Fiftieth Birthday

ith a miniscule population of only 280,000. The principal language is English the crime rate is nonexistent and its coastal waters are some of the most beautif

e females in our group readily accepted his invitation — they claimed they were dying to eat something they didn't have to cook themselves and they wanted a look at his beautiful boat although one sheepishly admitted later that she thought our host was one of the sexiest men she had ever met. When she was teased about the man being old enough to be her father she replied, "If he was my father... I would have never left home!" Our host was tall slim and ta

in San Diego fresh from Mallorca Spain. Her owners had some family misfortune that took them back to England so they reluctantly had to sell. She was a 1982 O

their time in Belize waters they had a cook on board and her husband who doubled as a helper and deck hand. The meal was incredible — fresh fish plucked from the bay just minutes before and a medley of fresh fruits

k and snuggled in her husband's arms. It was clear all through our meal and now under an almost full tropical moon that they loved each other madly. I looked at them and commented that they were lucky people, living this life, loving each other and being able to have their daughters with them. Our host grinned in the moon

ell their story. The names have been cha