Ithaka came out of the water at Skyway Yacht Works last Wednesday...she'll be in storage for a year before we head back up to Chicago next fall to begin Leg III of "Discovering Ithaka". We have been watching the weather closely and our prayers are with all our looper buddies south of Chicago entering the river system.
The folks at Skyway were great. It was sad to leave knowing that a whole year will go by before we are back onboard. We spent a couple of days in a beautiful, brand-new hotel (Ah! Amazing king-size bed and the longest hot shower I've had in over 2 months) before we flew home on Friday. My mom picked us up at the airport with an armful of yellow daisies! We missed her so much! She treated us to lunch then dropped us off at home where we began the process of getting settled in...We really did land running. Security Shutters came down, yard work, grocery shopping...Our little house felt huge to us! It's good to be home. We had all our family over yesterday for a big Sunday dinner...the hugs felt wonderful...the laughter filled our home...and the love filled our hearts. We are so blessed!
Today we are back at the office and I didn't want to wait too long to post a few pix of Ithaka coming out of the water...Once I get rolling here at the office there's no telling when I'll be blogging again. Our boss, our daughters, our assistant, and all our colleagues have made us feel so missed and welcomed us back with open arms...
We will continue to check out the location of our friends on The Looper Locator site...Thank you for all the good information that you are posting on the AGCLA website, too. We are hoping to make it to the fall rendezvous in Alabama next month!
The folks at Skyway were great. It was sad to leave knowing that a whole year will go by before we are back onboard. We spent a couple of days in a beautiful, brand-new hotel (Ah! Amazing king-size bed and the longest hot shower I've had in over 2 months) before we flew home on Friday. My mom picked us up at the airport with an armful of yellow daisies! We missed her so much! She treated us to lunch then dropped us off at home where we began the process of getting settled in...We really did land running. Security Shutters came down, yard work, grocery shopping...Our little house felt huge to us! It's good to be home. We had all our family over yesterday for a big Sunday dinner...the hugs felt wonderful...the laughter filled our home...and the love filled our hearts. We are so blessed!
Today we are back at the office and I didn't want to wait too long to post a few pix of Ithaka coming out of the water...Once I get rolling here at the office there's no telling when I'll be blogging again. Our boss, our daughters, our assistant, and all our colleagues have made us feel so missed and welcomed us back with open arms...
We will continue to check out the location of our friends on The Looper Locator site...Thank you for all the good information that you are posting on the AGCLA website, too. We are hoping to make it to the fall rendezvous in Alabama next month!
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