The End of the Adventure
It has been a year since I purchased the Dorothy Scott and set out to do The Great Loop. Unfortunately, sometimes we are not successful in the endeavors we set out to do. After spending a year and a great deal of money and effort, I have decided it is time to end the adventure for now and refocus back in Austin. I have put the boat up for sale in St Petersburg, FL and am preparing to move all my stuff back to Austin. This trip has been filled with some great moments and some very low points that challenged my character and my resolve. In the end, I think the boat is just too old to reliably go on a year long trip around the loop. She is much better suited to live in a marina somewhere and give her owner many great memories in local bodies of water. I thought I would share some highlights and lowlights from the trip. Pretty much everything I shared on social media was highlights. I tended to hide many of the lowlights as I was trying to stay focused on the positive. Highlights I have m