Today was our last full day at this marina so we took the courtesy car to do errands. First on the list was laundry. When I win the lottery we’re going to have a bigger boat with crew to do the laundry and dishes and dock the boat (I even bought a lottery ticket today so it’s possible!)

After dropping a package off at the UPS store, grocery shopping, buying antifreeze, and putting gas in the car, we headed back to the marina to haul everything down to the boat and put it all away. Such excitement!

I’m not sure they could get any more advertising on the courtesy car! But it’s hard to criticize free transportation.

Tonight there were docktails up by the pool, with Loopers from 8 boats. There are at least 3 more boats here that didn’t make it to the party. Last night we heard there were 24 boats here a couple of weeks ago! Boats travel at different speeds, but  it seems that you will periodically see boats that you saw several days or weeks  back. Tonight there were two boats who had a happy reunion after not seeing each other for a few weeks – it was fun to see their reactions when they saw each other. There’s a real sense of community among Loopers.

Tomorrow we head out early for Peoria. We will be traveling at least part of the way with two other boats. It’s very common for boats to travel in packs on the rivers – it can make getting through locks easier.

Here’s tonight’s sunset