Day 33: Sunday, October 7, 2012

Underway: Marina      Motor Off: Marina      Miles Traveled: 00      Stayed At: Marina

First Things First: First sightseeing trip by car.

Mile 32 to Mile 32: Before buckling down and finishing all the projects we should have done earlier this week, we had to say goodbye to our friends Rob and Ann on Rumpshaker. They headed out for their new home base in Alabama this morning after we shared some more stories and coffee with them (that carp they caught in their johnboat has now grown to be 6’ long with teeth like a piranha). We will see them again for sure.

We were very productive today. Some of the projects we completed included Skyping the girls, calling the Grandma’s, sending various emails and texts, paying bills, checking our finances, sending post cards, charging all of our gadgets and batteries, doing laundry, taking showers, filling water bottles, fixing a few things, last minute shopping, organizing the boat, stowing stuff that was on dock, planning our voyages for the next week, writing blog post notes, meeting  some new Loopers and saying goodbye to our old and new friends. Even with all of that, we were able to combine a quick trip to the dry Walmart in Benton, Kentucky with a loop through Aurora, Kentucky, over the Kentucky River and north along the Trace through the center of the Land Between the Lakes. A beautiful fall trip.

Leaving a place like Green Turtle Bay is hard. We have met a lot of wonderful people here and made many great memories. It’s amazing how fast a place can feel like home. We will miss our old and new GTB friends. We will try to follow everyone online through emails and blog posts. Good luck on all of your upstream (downstream) adventures.

After a relaxing dinner of rotisserie chicken, red potatoes, beans and strawberries, we cleaned up, finished a few computer projects and crashed the minute our heads hit the pillow. The next leg of our adventure begins tomorrow.