CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
Father and daughter traveled, learned, shared new experiences, and loved one another very deeply. Two years after Ellie passed away they returned to the beach house for their yearly stint ashore. This time they sailed the Happy Gal across the Pacific with a young couple who were married just two days before they helped Steve and Sandy pull out of the harbor. The crossing took a little over two weeks, and as the newlyweds were eager to be left alone as much as possible, Steve and Sandy spent a lot of time talking and planning.
Steve was looking forward to seeing Pauline Bell again. Sandy kidded him about being too shy to make a pass at her and Steve smiled. Sandy was always eager for her father to get into an affair with a new woman. Only twice had she really approved of
