On Jan 26, 6:33Â*am, hk wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote:
On Jan 26, 2:40�am, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:23:13 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing

wrote:
made it back home to their home slip.
It's been fascinating following their travels along the Great Loop.
Well done to them.
Yes, great trip, nicely documented. �We had the pleasure of meeting
Doug, Kathie, and the now famous Hank as they looped down the south
western coast of FL. �There is a picture of yours truly on their blog
site as I went down river to meet them with our runabout.

Doug's a good example of the kind of top caliber boater who no longer
bothers participating here. What a shame.

They can be darn proud of their accomplishment. Sort of like checking
something off the "bucket list." Everybody has a few lifetime cruising
ambitions, but not everybody has the time, money, and courage to
realize any of them.

Other than taking a long river cruise from Amsterdam to Budapest, with
lots of stops along the way, I have no "lifetime cruising ambitions." To
me, the destinations are important, not the transportation to same.
Oh...I wouldn't mind transiting the Suez Canal. I never got to do that
on my trip to Egypt.

I like "day trips" in small boats, and even an occasional overnighter.
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Harry, you should take that barge cruise in Europe, and book passage
through the Suez. I know several people who have chartered canal
barges, and all of them are enthused about the experience. Some have
returned one or more times. It' on my list of things to do when I
don't have to have a new product ready for distribution every 4
weeks. :-)

Doug must have paid some attention to Mark Twain (I believe it was)
who said something like, "On your deathbed, it's the things that you
wanted to do but didn't, rather than anything you did, that you will
most regret". Same goes for all of us, and we should use his adventure
as an inspiration.