Well, I apologize for anyone that still checks in at this blog. We arrived back into Muskegon MI, at our marina for this year, Lakeshore Yacht Harbor on July 18. We were in Frankfort, MI and the weather called for a nice calm Lake Michigan so we decided to get up early and leave Frankfort and make it all the way to Muskegon, about 105 miles. It was a long day but well worth the time spent on the water getting home. We called our daughter Erin and she, her husband Matt and our grandsons Nolan and Michael all came to meet us and bring us back to our house. It was a bittersweet day as our journey came to an end. We, Nancy and I had some wonderful adventures, some good, some better than others and some 'not so good', Nancy tripping and cutting her forehead was one of those times. We had some great company along the way, Blake and Jane Horton, who without their help we would have never made it through the Erie Canal and Welland Canal. We are still amazed that they call us friends after the crap that we all went through getting through the canals. We love them! We met some wonderful people along the way, all our friends from Little Falls, NY, Marcie and Wallie, Jodie and Mark. We had a great time cruising by our selves and then seeing family and having my two sisters join us for the close of the trip. All in all it was a wonderful journey of a lifetime. People would ask us along the way, why didn't we just head towards Florida and the South. Well, the answer is, we just were not ready. The couple next to us at LakeShore Yacht Harbor, Steve and Theresa are heading out to do the Great Loop, here in the first week of September. We wish them well. Nancy and I are not quite ready for that. In fact, next summer, we plan to actually stay around the area, except for a much deserved trip to South Manitou Island with our Grandson Nolan. We would like to get back up to the North Channel of Lake Huron again and eventually may do the 'Loop'. We'll just have to see. Right now, we are enjoying being at home, going to the boat when we can and just being around.
Thank you to all that have followed our journey.

Lenny & Nancy Buchanan