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6/6/15

We saw many other looper boats in Manasquan. Everyone was stuck here because of the bad weather. The only option now for travel was the ocean and the weather just wouldn't cooperate. We were going bleery eyed reading many different weather forecasts. We were determined to get home and decided to try even though the forecast wasn't great. 

We left the dock at 5:30 AM and headed out the inlet. It was a bit rolly, but tolerable. It was rainy and foggy, but finally it wasn't windy. To get home sooner, Al brought our speed up to 15 mph. As we got closer to home the ocean got calm, the rain stopped, and the fog disappeared. It was great to see Jones Inlet, "our inlet". It's so easy traveling on familiar waters. We were tied up at our dock at 9:20 AM

Hooper couldn't wait to get off the boat and run in his yard. Al couldn't wait to start his Mustang. Now we all have to get used to living on land again.

Summary for the Great Loop:

We left home 6/28/14 and returned 6/6/15.

We put 669 hours on the engine and 151 hours on the generator.

We bought 2774.21 gallons of diesel at a cost of $9772.77

We stopped at 96 different marinas or docks for a cost of $8731.04

We had countless amazing adventures, were sometimes scared, met many interesting people, and made some great friends.