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| Welcome to the Chesapeake. Isn't there supposed to be some land around here somewhere? |
Definitions matter. Nuance matters. Words matter. I want to scream this out when some passerby innocently asks "Are you a Looper?" But then I'd look like a crazy person, wouldn't I. Here's the problem. A Looper is someone doing the 6000 mile Great Loop. Many folks buy a boat, often their first, do the Loop in a year or less, and then sell the boat. For them the Loop is a bucket-list item. Cruising, however, is way of life, not merely a year out of your life.
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| 41 American Tug Mary Alyce, with John and Jeanne Niccolls aboard, welcoming Nellie to the Chesapeake. |
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| Happy birthday Bicki! |
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| Still Pond's very narrow channel. |
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| Chesapeake City to the Sassafras River to Still Pond, MD. |
The last two days have been filled with R&R afloat. Yea, I know it's hard to believe but, cruising is tiring. 48 miles in the last two days, 1,546 miles into 2019, 9,781 miles from Naples and 11,856 into the Loop. DBH
