It seems when you’re retired and doing the loop, every day seems like Saturday. Today really is Saturday!

I had a conversation with another looper while doing a load of laundry this morning and she told me we had cable TV available at our slip – what??? We have been here for 3 nights and had no idea we could have had TV. We’ve gotten out of the habit of watching TV, but it was nice to be able to watch part of the IU-Ohio State game this afternoon.

A boat 2 slips down from us crossed their wake (completed the loop) at this marina a couple of days ago, so they invited all the Loopers to celebrate with them tonight as they swapped their white looper burgee for the gold burgee. (The white is flown by Loopers doing the loop for the first time – once you’ve completed the loop you fly a gold burgee.) They’re headed back to Louisville and the real world of work. They started the loop just 5 months after they started dating and they’re still together, so I think that’s a lasting relationship!

There was a looper bonfire on the beach tonight with all the fixings for s’mores. It was dark by the time we got there and the only light was from the fire, so we were identifying people by voices. There were probably 8-10 couples there and no other people on the beach. Someone commented that this is the largest group of Loopers they had  been with since they started in Florida. It’s been nice to meet so many people early in the trip and get their comments on what to expect later in our trip.