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June 30, 2017: Down Day Today--No Travel Miles for Journey,
Wilson, or I
Ok, just checked the weather and it is looking like we
will be making a dash for the finish line tomorrow. That is a big
YEA and bigger RELIEF!
We will be coming from Whitehall which is about 27 miles
away. Assuming we can get away from the dock at around 8:30 am, I
believe we can be into Grand Haven between 11:30 am and noon.
Unless the weather forecast is really off or we have fog
like this morning, I think this is a safe bet.
Once into the breakwater at Grand Haven, I will try to
do a live Facebook feed assuming we have good cellular coverage.
I have made my page public so anyone can watch the live feed.
Click here to go to my Facebook page.
Ann will be traveling this last and final leg with me
and we will be stopping at the Marina Boardwalk Dinghy Dock (right
behind Farmers Market) to help celebrate my stupidity, tenacity and
"Crossing that darn wake with about 5,400
miles between waves". It has been a ride
that I will never forget, nor the people along the way! Those of
you who are pickle ballers, wave that paddle proud so I can see them
when I come in. My daughter, Nancy, will be at the dock (with a
Pickleball Paddle in Hand) and we will give her updates as to where we
are and she can relay them to those of you at the dock.
In another week or two, after a little more thought
(unlike my shoot from the hip blog posts), I will share some of the
"life lessons" along the way and share some of my deeper
thoughts about the why now, why a small boat, why solo, why, why, why?
I would like to think I learned a little more about myself somewhere
along the way as well as all the people who supported my Journey along
the way.
That includes all of you who voluntarily chose to follow
my posts, even though I can get off topic or probably bore you to death
a random thought along the way. To those of you who are still wondering
what Pickleball is, I encourage you to go out and give it a try.
The boating community and the Pickleball community are
both great support groups and encouraging as you learn boating or
pickleball skills!
To those of you who have told me that I have in some way
inspired you, that is an unexpected thrill for me. It has never
been about that, but I was inspired by an canoeist (Verlin Kruger)
years ago and by a couple of young women (Kate and Jessie) who did the
great loop a few years ago in a very small sailboat and blogged
about their adventures along the way. I think they lite the fire that
had been smoldering for a number of years.
So, if you are in the neighborhood tomorrow, please
consider stopping by. I would love to see you!
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