Last Days at the Office...I Retire on Friday!

So I (Tom) am spending my last few working days finishing up loose ends and packing the few things to be stored ashore while we are gone.  Julie is busily making trips to goodwill, packing the few things she will store ashore and coordinating our move out of the downtown condo (which we will miss...it has been a wonderful place to live the last 4-1/2 years.)
Our good friend Fr. John Geaney joined us for lunch and a short ride on Monday afternoon.  We sort of made history together in that in his over fifty years of priesthood, he had never blessed a boat, its crew and journey.  But he kindly did that for us as we drifted with the wind for the short ceremony. We will miss Fr. G personally, but plan to catch his Sunday words on sat TV or the internet as the Cathedral Mass is broadcast each Sunday.  This will be a little bit of "home" we can take along!

We attended a wonderful dinner on Monday night honoring Tom's retirement.  It was a very nice event and helps one reflect on the great comradery and successes we were able to achieve as a team. I will truly miss working with all the great people here at SpartanNash.  It has been a quick 14-1/2 years with all the activities we completed over that time!
We will spend next week at the Great Lakes Grand Banks Rendezvous in Sturgeon Bay, WI. We then move out of the condo at the end of July, fly to Florida to register to vote/drivers licenses/register boat, make any last minute necessary repairs to Sum Escape, sell both remaining cars and cast off on the Great Loop sometime mid August to first of Sept.  We will go when the spirit moves us.....and the river flooding forecasts are favorable!
Stay tuned....