September 30 Through October 3 (Click on the images to see and scroll them in full size) We left Grafton and had a short trip to Alton...

September 26 through September 29 (Click on the images to see and scroll them in full size) Our first long travel day took us to...

September 24 through September 25 (Click on the images to see and scroll them in full size) Bright and early we left for Henry, our...

September 21 through September 23 (Click on the images to see and scroll them in full size) Thursday morning we left the Sunset Bay...

(Click on the images to see and scroll them in full size) Looking at the weather forecast, we decided that we needed to be off of Lake...

(Click on the images to see and scroll them in full size) At 04:45 sharp, Craig and Niki showed up at the dock to help us throw our lines....

(Click on the images to see and scroll them in full size) Saturday night, our friends from the Nordic Tug 42, Joy Girl, that we met while...

(Click on the images to see and scroll them in full size) As with any trip of this magnitude, the last 2 weeks was a blur of making sure...

(Click on the images to see and scroll them in full size) When I was taking Patriot down to Milwaukee to get her bottom painted, I opened...

(Click on the images to see and scroll them in full size) On Tuesday, April 16, I took Patriot from her home port of Port Washington down...

(Click on the images to see and scroll them in full size) On July 23, we took Patriot down to Milwaukee to see the Air and Water show. ...

(Click on the images to see and scroll them in full size) We are 75 days away from beginning our Great Loop adventure and yesterday, we...