Thirsty Turtle last night was tons of fun...our group grew from 4 to 6  to 8...and then 9....joined at one point by Bill Gary Sr...owner of GTB. Drinks were cold and food was mediocre...band was really pretty decent...time spent chatting on pier 5 with everyone and watching the masses arrive was delightful...but we were up way past our bed time...

Tonight is a totally different experience...off to the Yacht Club!

We did take a trip into Murray KY this morning to visit some chairs we’ve been talking about. They were even better than we thought...so Captain Floyd pulled the trigger on those bad boys...Stressless recliners with auto foot rest in Oxford blue will be a lovely update to our salon...hope Dakota likes them!!

We also got to experience a little of the Grand Rivers Art and craft show craziness...traffic was un-frickin’- believable.  Think I’ll wait for the shopping part tomorrow...

Mayor of Pier 5 has created a monster...Vickie loves Dakota and yesterday she bought him a silly squeaky toy...so now he loves her even more....but we know it went over the top when he came to bed last night carrying his new toy. We allowed it to stay...but prayed the squeaking didn’t happen during the night....thankfully it didn’t...

He’s gonna be so sad next spring when she doesn’t return....us too!!

The other work in progress is our calendar...now that we’ve joined the Yacht Club, we’d like to participate in some of their events/parties. And with boat winterized that could be tricky...visited the condo folks and guess we’ll be trying out some of their facilities....Yacht club membership gets us a discount and it’s a good experience for us...as we so hope family and friends will come visit us in GTB next spring and summer!! They even have dog friendly units!!

Deer everywhere we went yesterday...these are just a few of the ones we saw on the way to get pizza at the local grocery store...

It’s Friday!! So the people will arrive...it’s the last big hurrah for boaters!! And the weather is scheduled to cooperate....

We’re cleaning and boat washing...hanging out our state flags...I have a haircut scheduled and probably need to paint on these rusty poles...

The Memphis Yahoos are preforming tonight at the Thirsty Turtle....so we’re gonna go check that out...tomorrow is supposedly big doings at the Yacht Club...then the loading for that trip home should begin. I’m always a little sad to leave this boating life...but I’m ready to hug my peeps and especially those grandboys!

Yep, took a little boat ride yesterday...explored a couple of cove areas....put some gas on port side to even up our tilting boat...all is good.

Holiday weekend approaches...we expect to see lots of people on pier 5...

We head back to Wichita on Tuesday ...though Floyd won’t be there long...he’s got projects to supervise!!

Because of approaching holiday and planned return to Wichita next week, I decided to do a little laundry yesterday...and can I just say someone needs a refresher course in laundry room etiquette....big oaf only had one load but his stuff sat in washer all morning and in the dryer most of the afternoon...what a mess he created!! Four of us did multiple loads around him...geez, people set a timer!


Today we are determined to leave the dock...gonna explore and maybe anchor out. It’s about time, don’t ya think?? We’ve been here three and a half weeks...starting to grow roots!!

Life on the water...we love this view...hope it never grows old....