Enjoying Maddy’s visit

While we looked for another car to purchase (and thanked our lucky stars that we both made it through the car wreck safely), we enjoyed a week visit from our granddaughter Maddy.  We wanted to expose her to as much boating as possible, so we took her on 7 different types of boats that week, and she learned what she liked (kayaks) and what she didn’t like (rowboats).  But her real hot button was rock wall climbing, which we did in downtown Chattanooga.  Being so agile and athletic, she could climb the walls like a monkey.  We tired her out (as well as ourselves) and spoiled her as much as possible, before returning her to her parents.

Our other effort this summer was to begin looking for homes in either Huntsville AL or Chattanooga TN.  Our future boating days are numbered, and we want to begin travel by land to the National Parks in the western US.  The boat will go up for sale when we get to New Orleans this winter.