Daydream's Great Loop Blog!

Hi Pat, Are you making up the names there :lol: Seems they are all Wiki Wacky something. How about something easy like Snohomish or Stilaguamish or Skookumchuck?

You don't want to hurry back too soon. We have an early winter here, Snow, 2 out of the last 3 days, and it's near freezing all the time.

BTW, are those sounding numbers in feet, meters or fathoms on your 48 mile run screen shot? Here's hoping for fathoms, but thinking it is feet. Ouch, do they chart where the crab and conchs are so you don't run aground on them? Crazy shallow. :shock:

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

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hardee":v2vsay6q said:
Hi Pat, Are you making up the names there :lol: Seems they are all Wiki Wacky something. How about something easy like Snohomish or Stilaguamish or Skookumchuck?

You don't want to hurry back too soon. We have an early winter here, Snow, 2 out of the last 3 days, and it's near freezing all the time.

BTW, are those sounding numbers in feet, meters or fathoms on your 48 mile run screen shot? Here's hoping for fathoms, but thinking it is feet. Ouch, do they chart where the crab and conchs are so you don't run aground on them? Crazy shallow. :shock:

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

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It's what make C-Dories the perfect boat for that part of Florida. Most trawlers and sailboats avoid the area but if you're careful it's perfect cruising for our boats.
 
Pat maybe keep your boat in Florida come back for the St.John's gathering and then trailer it back in end of March much better to trailer then November ? That way you could fly back play in the snow and come back in a few months .I don't think there is much boating in the PNW in Dec.-Mar. Jim (jennykatz)
 
jennykatz":1q4qv9id said:
Pat maybe keep your boat in Florida come back for the St.John's gathering and then trailer it back in end of March much better to trailer then November ? That way you could fly back play in the snow and come back in a few months .I don't think there is much boating in the PNW in Dec.-Mar. Jim (jennykatz)
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Ah, Jim, Pat has adapted to the Arizona snowbird lifestyle in the Casa Grande area - I'm guessing that's where they will be Jan through March.
 
JamesTXSD":11u0hbr1 said:
jennykatz":11u0hbr1 said:
Pat maybe keep your boat in Florida come back for the St.John's gathering and then trailer it back in end of March much better to trailer then November ? That way you could fly back play in the snow and come back in a few months .I don't think there is much boating in the PNW in Dec.-Mar. Jim (jennykatz)
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Ah, Jim, Pat has adapted to the Arizona snowbird lifestyle in the Casa Grande area - I'm guessing that's where they will be Jan through March.
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And you would be completely correct in that guess! We may yet return to do more cruising in Florida, especially the Keys, which we are sorry to have missed, but it will have to be in a charted boat, the long tow a second time is really out of the question!
 
C' on Pat!

After 3 round trips towing across the country we learned some stuff about ourselves. You might even fit!

Our first couple of crossing we had nearly 3,000 miles to go both departing and returning home. We gritted out teeth and did long days and "boater homed" (stayed on boat) in rest areas, in Walmarts & campgrounds. We arrived very beat, very tired and it took a week to get back to normal. We've since learned to take shorter days and after two or three travel days take a day off. Find a city with a museum or something you like. Last trip we stopped in Fort Worth and took in a western art museum (Charlie Russell, Fred Remington etc. (3 in town). Although it takes a few days longer you arrived refreshed. What difference does a week make if you have been gone 10 months? We also found that a motel room every now and then was quite worthwhile.

Second, consider storing boat and trailer in Orlando at one of the RV storage places until March. (Orlando is a good hub for flying west) Fly home and enjoy Christmas, go to Arizona & etc. Fly back in March and enjoy boating Florida. Start working your way home in mid April. Then you can have a warm season return to the Pacific Northwest instead short, cold dark days with cold November winds and that nasty white stuff on the road.

Chuck
 
Pat Anderson":2tnf2xmi said:
Make that BLOG post! Damn 30 minute limit on editing posts! So typos get enshrined here forever!
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hey Pat, It's OK, we can still figure out what you are getting at.

Harvey
SleepyC :moon

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AT 9:54 A.M. EST ON NOVEMBER 13, 2017, DAYDREAM CROSSED HER WAKE ON THE GREAT LOOP AT THE ORTONA LOCK BOAT RAMP, WHERE WE LAUNCHED APRIL 1, 2017!!!! It is also Patty's bitthday, what a great birthday present! There will be a couple more blog posts, and then she goes dark. Thanks to everyone who read the blog, commented on it, or sent me emails! It has been the adventure of a lifetime! Now we start the long tow back to Birch Bay!
 
Congratulations from the entire crew at "Camp Thataway". A fantastic accomplishment. These are memories for the lifetime!

Looking forward to seeing you all in a few days. Don't overdo it in getting the boat ready for the road!
 
Congratulations you two and have a safe trip back home keeping an eye on the weather. We just did a 1500mile extended weekender in SE Oregon and NV which are right on the edge of Winter.

Greg
 
Congratulations, Pat and Patty! Nice to finish up your loop travels on this special day - Happy Birthday, Patty! Wishing you safe travels back to the Pacific Northwest.
 
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