With only sixty eight days till we close and 78 till shove off, we have made the transition to answering questions like this:  we are taking our boat to Florida, instead of : we want to........ or : we hope to be..........  and IT FEELS GOOD to say it after so many years of dreaming.
Then when people hear of what we are doing (yup, doing) sooooooo many people "want to do that some day" and we realise that we really are going to be doing something very special.   Chrissy and I are very anxious as you can imagine, sooo much to do, or so it seems. 
Even with the prep of the boat and the house still ahead of us, just making the turn in our own attitudes and outlooks IS HUGE and really has helped us relax about it in a wierd sort of way, a good way:)

Any questions, comments or ADVICE would certianly be appreciated,       Dean

Petoskey MI. to Fla. via Huron, Erie, Erie Canal to ICW