Friday, January 11, 2013

The Trail to Mobile: Day Two

Day Two started off fairly quietly but ended up with us having a whole bunch of fun. After waking early [for us] and having  breakfast at the hotel, we were on the road for about 5 hours from Yreka, CA to Elk Grove, CA. It is a little south of Sacramento.

We were able to make better time than expected despite some additional mountain roads smothered in fog to drive through. We were greeted at the home of Frank and Carrie, folks whom we met several years back at a Great Loop rendezvous in North Myrtle Beach. We had spent some time together along with another couple, Doug and Judy and had a pretty darn good time.

Well it seems that we picked up right where we left off talking about family, travel, and boating in general. Since Frank and Carrie completed the loop last year, they were a terrific source of information about what lies ahead. If we have half the fun they did, it will be an unforgetable experience.

As most loopers say, the  experience was wonderful but the best part was the people they met along the way. We haven't started the actual loop yet but after our visit with Frank and Carrie, we can confirm the "people" part. They were wonderful hosts each with a great sense of humor. We hope to meet up next spring somewhere when they return to visit their boat in North Carolina and cruise some new areas on the east coast.

Nautical Term of the Day: [from seatalk.info]

Direction Finder:

1. A radio receiver with a directional coil antenna mounted over a compass card, used in navigation to determine the bearing of the radio signal.

From Great Loop Jargon:

2. The job of the person riding "shotgun" while enroute  to do the loop and is found to be especially important when two country kids are attempting to transit the LA freeway system.

2 comments:

  1. Great posts... except I bet Oregon was not the last snow you see! Safe driving!

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  2. Hi Bob and Debi - You now have the daily task of blogging as your almost 99 yr old MUM is waiting for a daily report and by gosh it better be there as she is sitting on the edge of her chair in front of the computer so that she can reply! I think an iPad is in waiting or just around the corner for this hip gal, or as she says, "The 1st 100 yrs are the hardest." I will probably get the call any day to go shopping at the Apple store. (Bob I thought you did this before you pulled up anchor?) Stay safe mnj Anchor definition: To keep oneself safe in one place so that great things can happen with any TMI.

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