The Great Loop

As many of you already know, Art and I are about to take off on a 5,500-plus mile journey around the waterways of the Eastern half of the U.S., known as the "Great Loop". (See map on right.) It will take us a year or more to complete this journey depending on where we decide to stop along the way, weather, boat breakdowns, repairs, and on and on, and our schedule will be decided as we go (isn't retirement great for some things, like doing what you want, when you want to?). I hope to use these pages to keep you up to date on our travels as well as share our experiences along the way, but first I need to fill you in on how this all came about.