New Summer Home!

Our boat officially has a new summer home. Not the one I pictured below. We went out to look at marinas over the weekend and one of the places we checked out was Hidden Cove in Seneca. It's perfect. Only an hour and a half away... close by comparison to any others, and at least the same as a few of them. On the Illinois river so it will be less turbulent than Lake Michigan. However, it's connected to the big pond so we can go there when we want to experience the Chicago scene on boat. Hidden Cove (the Seneca Yacht Club) is only one lock (about an hour's boat ride) from Starved Rock too, which is a beautiful area to spend time on the water. I'm SO excited. We made arrangements to take the boat to a local place (very nice) to have the GPS put in, and get it bottom painted since we decided to keep it in water all year, a week before we plan to launch. We're taking it up there April 30th. We'll pick it up from the shop, drive it down the road to the river, and launch it on May 7th. I'm so excited. It's still 2 months away, but it seems so much closer now with all the plans made. Plus March and April will be busy getting the boat ready, and we have a trip to Lake Geneva at the end of April too.