Wow, the summer is over

 In spite of Freedom being on the hard, we have had the pleasure of spending a number of wonderful boating days with some great people.

 Out of all of those people, Ray and Jean, you are the best.

 Twice you took us up to Ravina and we had a great time at the Yacht Club with all of the wonderful folks at that place. We would not have had this opportunity without your thoughtfulness. It was fantastic to be on the river, let alone letting me drive and dock the boat (your mistake). We had some adventures with fuel issues where it was one boat or the other, and rocks came into play, but we all pulled through and we all had a great time. No one was hurt and no damage was done! Maybe next time I'll have better aim with the champagne corks!
 We loved it.
 Beyond but not surpassing that, several acquaintances have their blogs going and have sent us email detailing their ports of call. While this might sound like a vicarious delusion of some sort, there is actually quite a bit to be learned from their travels. Some times it's as simple as being able to find a loaf of bread, but other times it could boil down to locating diesel in a remote spot of humanity.
 In any event, as the Summer winds down and Freedom approaches launching on the 19th we want to express our profound thanks to all of those that either included us or told us about their travels.
 It was a great (if boatless) Summer!