Hanging out at Alton Marina!

 

 We spent several days at the beginning of June, and at the end, hanging out at Alton. We had a long list of friend to catch up with, plus new friends to make on the docks!

One of our first adventures was a plane ride with our friend Mike Wallis. 

    When I returned from moving Seaz The Day, I found the city of Alton doing some much needed dredging at the Marina entrance. This sure helps us to get out, as water has dropped since we arrived, but also for Loopers coming through this fall with deeper draft vessels!

I had plenty of service items to do, including oil changes on both main engines and the generator. I also had a window for the forward head that needed to come out and be re-bedded. We made sure to find time to drink a few beers (and some wine), make some excellent food, and get into mischief!

We ended up in Grafton with some other folks from the dock for Taco Tuesday at Grafton Pub. Excellent stop if you are in Grafton on a Tuesday! Across the street is Bobby G's Martini Bar... serving great after dinner drinks. For the first time we found "Mini Beers" on the menu. Even the same recipie that was taught to us by Mike and Ildi Ervin, friends and a former customer!

 

 

We are down to our last 2 days, taking a car to our next major stop, Sebula, IA and picking up Amy's parents to join us for the next leg of the journey!