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After supper the first night, it was time to introduce the GOLD LOOPERS. That’s us…folks who have completed one loop. Floyd somehow managed to make a name for us…first he convinced them we were from the boating capitol of the nation..that it was n…

Seems like everyone had lots to chat about…sponsor vendors hosted wine and cocktails before the evening meals…sometimes the wine was good; sometimes not so much…we even managed to get overserved a couple of times…then we really had lots to say….

That first evening of events included introductions of those currently in the process of looping…and believe it or not, we located a couple of Kansans. Last August, we met Marc and Shelley Colby, former Wichitians now living in Austin, aboard ROCKCH…

The docks were packed…lots of loopers in process, just starting, or like us, finished a loop and headed for friendly dockage for the winter. I’m guessing that this event helps keep this marina afloat…cash flow to get through those cold months ahea…

Larry and Cindy are due to arrive this afternoon…I’m blogging and talking on the aft deck … Floyd is taking the bus to town to find an ATM and bread…registration starts at 3…then organized chaos with braggart boaters begins!!! We expect to be i…

It was most fun catching up with Mike @ HAPPY HOURS V…we spent quantity time with them in Brewerton…and haven’t seen them since! These poor Aussies are leaving next week for time in Jamaica…something about needing to spend time outside the USA in…

The reason for two dock parties was the BIG EVENT that was taking place outside behind the lodge and between the docks. I don’t know…do you think they wanted drinking boat people traipsing by during the ceremony??? I do know there were lots of long,…

Quick clean up and check in…then time for docktails….one group on our side; another over under the gazebo….amazing!!! We are just a few slips away from our friends ROCKCHALK and HAPPY HOUR V. MAINE VISION is over by the lodge and BOREAS is just a…

OOOOOH, HHAAAA!!!! The place was packed!!!! Seems this is like a Mecca experience…People have been here for weeks…waiting! We were among the last of the boats to arrive…and the bunch that was waiting on the dock all had their ideas about which l…

Cool, cooler, coolest… all scenery we had seen just a day or two ago… Floyd did get a nap…and I managed to stay below til it was time to round the bend into Joe Wheeler State Park…the lodge there is close to the marina and has lots of dockage …