We took our education seriously. USPS Courses included America’s Boating Course, Seamanship, and Electronic Navigation. We had our morning coffee with the AGLCA Forum (a membership blog) and our evening reads included articles from boating magazines, newsletters, books and more blogs. West coast boat shows are not at all like east coast shows, but we …
Pete served in the US Coast Guard Reserve. (1986-1990) Some of his research for the Great Loop started there. He learned about the United States Power Squadron (USPS) and we joined our local Squadron. Pete attended the local meetings. (Initially my work interfered.) We also joined the America’s Great Loop Cruiser’s Association. I was able …
Sometime during the summer of 2016, Pete ran across a reference to The Great Loop. Pete asked, “Do you think you’d ever want to do something like this?” I thought very carefully before answering. (The good supportive wife was thinking, “Yeah, sure, that sounds like fun,” while the cautious, responsible, work-a-holic thought, “How could we …