Dean needed to go back to the boat and get it ready for it to be put in the water. So a trip back but this time gave an excuse to visit some old friends thus the trip involved a different route. Dean left on a Thursday morning from Boise to Billings MT. Had to go through Bozeman and that required a quick stop at the "Pickle Barrel" for a sandwich. When Dean went to college in Bozeman the Pickle Barrel was a go to place if the cafeteria didn't have "great" food that night. Made it to Billings and spent time with Scott and Kymm, old college friends that had recently moved from Milwaukee back to Billings.
Up the next day and drove from Billings to Minneapolis to spend the night with Dean's brother Terry and his wife Mary. Long day but they had dinner and good conversation. On the drive kept seeing this semi loaded with onions, well maybe it wasn't the same semi but Dean saw a few of them on the trip.
Up early the next day to travel from Minneapolis to outside Chicago where Dean reconnected with a former co-worker Tony and his wife Christina. They severed a great lunch and spent time talking about past and future plans. Left there around 3pm and made it to outside Toledo Ohio and spent the night at a rest stop.
Up sometime in the morning and headed the rest of the way to Severn Yachting Center where "Charm" is stored on the hard. Had fog for some of this trip. She looked good and is wanting to get back into the water. Will spend the next few days finishing up some projects and on Friday 9/2 its back into the water.
