At last! We finally
put pen to paper, the closing chapter of our incredible journey aboard our
beloved North Pacific trawler Terrmar after completing, “America’s Great Loop”
in August 2013.
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| Reflections |
What began as a tiny seed of possibility eventually grew
into life-size reality and after much planning and preparation we joined
America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association (AGLCA) and departed our home port
Goderich, Ontario for destinations unknown!
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| Stuck in the weeds at "The Pool" |
Our recollections are bittersweet, exhilarating, hilarious,
exhausting, enlightening and satisfying. We feel enormously grateful and blessed that
we, Terri and Mark, with Yorkie “Smudge”, actually checked this item off our
bucket list. High-five and great job!
We immensely enjoyed exploring the small towns and big
cities, diverse geographical landscapes and meeting wonderful friends along the
way. All this enjoyed from the unique
perspective of living aboard our 43 foot floating “home away from home” trawler
Terrmar.
We gained unforgettable memories, meandering along the lakes,
rivers, creeks, bays and ocean, pondering over charts, books and the invaluable
“Skipper Bob’s Cruising Guides”.
We will
never forget Dock-tails with looper friends and cocktails on the fly-bridge at
sunset, early morning risings and listening to weather radio reports and
MAFORs!
We encountered fresh water, saltwater, tides and currents. We contended with towboats, cargo ships, shrimp boats,
fisher boats, yachts and cruising boats!
We observed dolphins, pelicans, alligators, osprey, heron,
bald eagle, black bear, wild boar, wild horses, city-idiots and rednecks! What a ride!
Without Mark’s vision, none of this would have been feasible.
It was simply our time!
Contemplate this -
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the
things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bow lines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sail. Explore.
Dream. Discover.”
-H.
Jackson Brown Jr.’s Mother (P.S. I Love You)
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| Sweet Dreams! |
Until we meet again –
Terri
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