To New Beginnings

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Look at the end of work, contrast
The petty done
The undone vast.

The message is, of course, "Time and tide wait for no man," an adage my mother, who was also an inveterate traveler, used to impress on me. This brings me to another of my favorite quotes from Mark Twain:
 

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Nevertheless, as you recognize your own mortality, your time gets ever more precious and you tend to get more selective about what you want to see and do in your travels, and in life.
 

So, I hope to start a new chapter and perhaps to experience one of my personal bucket list items yet to be achieved …

…to see more of the U.S., especially by doing "America's Great Loop," cruising at my own pace (it usually takes 9-12 months) by boat along the continuous waterway that encompasses the eastern portion of North America—including the Atlantic and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways, the Great Lakes, the Canadian Heritage Canals, and the Mississippi and other inland rivers of America's heartland. 

I’ve had the time of my life taking the road less traveled. Thanks for the memories.
 

Happy travels,

Mike Thiel
Founder