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Sweet Caroline - The adventure begins



It's been a couple of years since our Bahamas adventure, so now it's time to start the next adventure. I'm typing this on a plane flying back from Tucson, AZ where I've been on a project for the last 21 months. Mary just said goodbye to her Duke Energy friends and is on another plane out of Charlotte. I'm taking a few months off before my next gig and Mary is going to take some time off from Duke this time so she can be there as well. She didn't get to stay long in the Bahamas last time, so I'm looking forward to having my first mate along for the duration. We'll have to get used to living together again, since I stay on the road and we're rarely together for more than 3-4 days at a time.

We're going to meet up in Baltimore tonight and hopefully find a ride from there to Oxford, MD where Sweet Caroline awaits. She's loaded down with spare parts, safety gear, groceries, foul weather gear, and everything else we thought we might need for the next month. We're going to leave out of Oxford, MD tomorrow morning bound for Portsmouth, VA where the rally is gathering. We hope to have a couple long days of sailing and arrive in Portsmouth by Saturday night or mid-day Sunday at the latest.

Next week will be filled with meeting the other crews, safety inspections, happy hours, seminars, last minute provisions, and fixing whatever breaks right before we leave. (I'm sure something will. It's a boat after all.) The rest of crew will be joining us next Thursday.

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