With new interior treatments, she is up to date and ready for adventures....

She's looking good and ready for water...

The new drapes are hung...the new furniture has been placed...she is back in the water, updated and ready to roll. What do you think?

Floyd is hard at work studying navigation and boat handling at Chapman's School of Seamanship in Stuart, Florida. The weather there is "just awful". So I had to go check it out. Oh, the suffering!!!!!

This map provides an overview of the Great American Loop. Our starting point will be St Charles. We plan to tour the Upper Mississippi regions next summer, head south in the fall. We don't want to be in the hurricane regions during hurricane season. Because we are in no hurry and on no set schedule, we have no idea how long it will take to complete the loop. Our plan is to come and go from Wichita by planning around holidays, family, and other special events. 2008 is the start of this grand adventure. In fact, Floyd leaves on Jan 1 for the Chapman Navigation School in Florida for 9 weeks of training. Before you know it, we'll be on our way.

She looks so forlorn...sitting in dry dock...waiting patiently for the adventures to begin....shrink wrap is not her idea of the good life. You just wait!!!!

We are pleased to have selected new fabrics for drapes and dining area. New furniture has arrived. However we thought maybe you'd be interested in a few "before" shots. Here's what she looks like before the re-model begins.