If you want to see God Laugh just tell him your plans.

Plan A:  Leave in June or July and spend a month on the upper Ohio River before we head south on the Tennessee River. We went to a seminar and the presenters told us how many quaint town there are and how inexpensive it is because most of the towns have free docking because they want boaters to stop by.

Results of Plan A: Karen got Appendix cancer and wasn’t well enough to leave that early but the trip is still on. (I’m cancer free and doing well)

Plan B:  Leave Mid August go north, cut across to Wisconsin spend some time in Door County. Meet up with Karen’s parents, Scott’s Mom and sister.  Then head south and meed up with Niece Lauren and  Lee and baby Audie and Karen’s sister Terrie and Barry. Then onto Chicago to start our trip.

Results of Plan B

Scott ruptured a disc in his back and had surgery on Aug, 5.  Luckily the basic recovery is 4 weeks and we should be able to leave at the normal time people usually leave from Michigan which is early September.

Plan C

Leave as soon as we have a weather window to cross Lake Michigan immediately after Labor Day.

The great thing about the later departure is we won’t miss the Shrimp Boil or the President’s Dinner that our Marina puts on.

Two great opportunities to put on some winter fat so we will survive this adventure 😉

Flexibility is the name of the game.