Mike has been wanting to do this for a couple of years now. His one main obstacle...me! I did not know much about boats. They are quite intimidating and I'm still learning ropes are called lines, left is port, right is starboard and many more nautical terms. AND more importantly; spending a whole year with the same person confined on a floating two room house seemed pretty daunting to me!
He persuaded me to go to a Looper seminar this January. We met others like us still in the thinking and planning stages. There were also a few who had already completed the Loop. A lot of them had the same questions and apprehensions we had. About the closeness thing, it's just like at home, you each go to your own space and cool off. Most of the finished Loopers said the trip actually brought them closer; because you had to trust and depend on each other to get the job done. The one thing they all agreed on; just do it! If you wait until you think you are ready, you will never start. I was beginning to warm to the idea after this seminar, but still needed more convincing.
One of the speakers was Chris Caldwell and his wife Elise. They lived on a boat for 19 years and just recently bought their first house. They started a boat training business and had a lot of good, practical ideas I could understand. More on Captain Chris later.
Fun Fact: less people do the Loop in a year than climb Mt. Everest!
We will be in very exclusive company.
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