Cancun Bound

It's been a few days since the blog has been updated. The AGLCA Rendezvous just wrapped up last night. It was so much fun! They kept us busy from 6:45 A.M. until about 9:30 P.M. each day. The most popular of the seminars each described a leg of the upcoming section of the loop, as far as Norfolk, VA and the Bahamas. There was a separate women's and men's talk that was a quite interesting. At the Women's talk, they talked about the reluctant spouse, provisioning of the galley, creative storage ideas, boat sex, and a full ten finger bouquet. Ask me about the last two when you see me. At the men's seminar, they asked them how many of their spouses would be able to dock the boat in an emergency. By a show of hands, 90% said their spouse could do it. However, in the Women's Session, the moderator determined that only 20% of the women thought they were capable of docking in an emergency. We both agree that I could dock if I had to do it. It may not be pretty, but I could get it there.

Two of the days had boat crawls. That's where people open their boats to others to look at. It's fun to see all of the different styles of boats. We saw catamarans, sail boats, Nordic tugs, and an assortment of trawlers. There was a tornado near here Tuesday. Tuesday afternoon, the Chamber of Commerce of Rogersville, AL sent school buses to the park to take us into town to shop and have dinner. We really appreciated their generosity. Later on Tuesday, they took us to a concert at the Longing for Home Bed and Breakfast. The concert was fantastic! Brianna Dean performed with the Randy Basham band. Almost everyone bought one of her CDs. They had a s'mores bar, a massage tent, a cigar tent, besides the concert itself. To us, this was the highlight of the Rendezvous.

Even with all of that, the absolute best thing about the past few days is that we met some really neat people, some of which we hope to stay friends with from now on.There is a family on the boat docked beside us (Google Parrent Family to read about them). The children are 4, 7, and 9 years old and they are doing the loop. The kids went Trick or Treating last night on the dock. The children looked so cute in their homemade costumes. It gave us a chance to experience Halloween even though we are far away from our grandchildren.

Last night after the Awards Dinner, some of us got together for a jam session. There was a hammered dulcimer, a harmonica, and three guitars, one of which was John. It took a lot of prodding to get him to bring his guitar and participate. I am so glad that he did. It was fun.

Tomorrow we are leaving to go to Cancun for two weeks with Norm and Sue. I'm telling you this because I may not be able to blog while we are away. When we return, we will head down the Tenn-Tom. We're excited about having Paul and Patty joining us for the Gulf crossing. So, until next time.....