The Beginning of The End

Today begins the last leg of the journey: Discovering Ithaka. We arrived last night and found all things on board to be just as we left them save a few dust bunnies on the inside and clusters of hyacinth floating around the boat on the outside due to a month of sitting still. We shove off shortly, leading Columbus Marina, which could not have been more accommodating and friendly...the manager, known as "T", is a wonderful guy...We told him we would be back! We are heading to Pickensville, Alabama...the first lock of the day is just around the bend. I am not looking forward to locking through as the temperature is in the 30's! Brrrrrrr! We will have intermittent cell and aircard service over the next week, so I will blog when I can...

We have about 900 miles to go to get home. At 90 miles a day, we could be home in less than 2 weeks. But of course, we are trying to "discover ithaka" so you know that won't happen! Thanks to you all for following along... Each of you are with us in spirit as we set out on this amazing adventure.