Sturgeon Bay, WI – August 22, 2008

Beth’s sister Hope left this morning. She drove our car back and will leave it at our sons house in Lake City. We are glad Hope was able to visit and wished her husband Phil had been able to join her. There is a story Beth would like to tell, but Hope threatened retaliation if she did.

Darrell took the boat out today to check the alignment and it seems to be fine. He then changed the oil in that engine.

We are completing odd jobs around the boat in hopes of leaving Sunday morning. The forecast right now seems to be good and we hope it remains that way.

Bob and Margaret of Bellissimo arrived yesterday and are spending some time on their boat, offloading and getting it ready to sell. They joined us for dinner last night. After all the time we have spent together it will seem odd traveling without them.

We met 2 couples at the marina who plan to start the Great Loop in 1 or 2 years and who were interested in hearing some of our experiences. Clark and Kathy invited us and Bob and Margaret to their boat for hor‘derves. Their friends Dennis and Marie were also there. We had a very nice evening, ending up with dinner at Stage Road Inn, a very nice place with good food and reasonable prices.