Waiting on Oscar

Well, the boating season around northwest Illinois has come to an end. The marinas have been popping boats out like popcorn with almost every slip now empty. Seems strange to be sitting here thinking about putting Tourist back in the water in about two months. Why two months you ask and not now? Well we're waiting on Oscar!

That's right. We're waiting on Oscar, our soon to be born grandbaby. Seems Matthew (Pam's son) and Mandy were having a watermelon seed spitting contest and Mandy forgot to spit one of the seeds out.

That's water in her glass!

Needless to say Pam is beyond excited. Oscar is her first grandchild. Just  for the record, Oscar isn't going to be the name of the baby but since they don't know what the sex is yet they refer to it as Oscar. (Guess who will call it Oscar no matter what sex it is?)

Pam has been busy with baby showers and all the stuff that goes with being a Grandma. She's even trying to will the baby into the world early so she can spend more time with it before we head to Florida. As for me, I've been getting things put away for the winter and even decided to start sanding and teaking our deck chairs from Tourist that we brought home with us. No sense waiting till the last minute!

Sanding. One of my favorite things!

It got cool enough to stoke up the fire pit while I was sanding.
Once back at Tourist the plan is to hang out at Legacy Harbour once again until mid-March. Send Pam home for a baby fix and then start or continue (we've done the rivers section already) on the Great Loop. The Loop is roughly 5,000 to 6,000 miles by water that encircles the Eastern half of the U.S. You can check it out at http://www.greatloop.org/. The trip will take almost a year to complete when you consider visits to home, sightseeing, weather delays, etc. It should be grand adventure!