Announcement and congrats

Announcement we sent out to the AGLCA

Hello to all our friends we met along the way. We crossed our wake Saturday at 2:25 in Vermilion Oh on Lake Erie. It is a bittersweet homecoming. We will miss the cruising life, especially once the snow starts to fly. But it will be great to re-connect with family & friends.

Safe travels to all.

Jim & Mary Fitzgerald

M/V Sales & Nails II

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                            Congratulation messages from our friends                                                                     
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Congratulations, Mary & Jim! As you know, you've accomplished something very few people ever get to do.

I'm glad you're going to relax and enjoy the time back!

Nancy & Ted

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Jim and Mary,

Congratulations! What great news!! You should be very proud of your accomplishment and cherish all of your memories. I'll be sending your BaccaLOOPerate in the next few days.

Warm regards,

Janice Kromer
Executive Director
(877) GR8-LOOP, ext 7126
(877) 478-5667 Congrats on becoming a Goldie!

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Hi Jim & Mary
Unfortunately, once you do the loop, it can ruin ya. It did me. I am now obsessed with cruising!
SterlingLadyIII
See you in Paradise!
Capt. Sterling
305-394-7422

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Jim & Mary
Congratulations on your loop. what a nice area you live in--we were there in mid July on our travels. We talked with you some where in mid Florida in the spring don't recall exactly, but you were traveling with another boat. We were on similar timing for a short distance.

Howard H Cole

aboard the C Horse

314-691-2130, www.sailblogs.com/member/colehorse

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Congratulations! We ordered our gold flag last week and our excited about flying it. Andrew and I crossed our wake in Luddington MI. Tut crosses his wake in Grand Rivers KY, so that is where we'll celebrate.

I think we'll try a half and half life (water and land) for a while. We wish you well and much happiness.

Andrew, Sallyann and Tut
Looping Aboard: Freedom - American Tug 34

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Congrats Jim & Mary!! We met ya'll in Marathon at the music festival....we are in Chicago starting our run down the rivers tomorrow to home in about 3 weeks....

Steve and Carolyn Wood

Here and Now

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Hey Jim and Mary


So glad to hear you finally made it home. It was wonderful to have met you during your stay here. You made it out of the canals just in time. Enjoy being on the hard again. take care and thanks again.
 kim

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Hey Mary and Jim,

congratulations on your wake crossing. we will all have to see how we adjust to the land lubber life and hopefully the "class of 2010" will keep in touch.

Liz and Steve

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Congratulations Jim & Mary on your Gold Burgee. We met you in Calumet City.


Bill & Kathleen Root
formerly aboard MV TUCANDUHi Mary and Jim,



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Congratulations on completing the loop! We have been home about 3 months and are just starting to get caught up on visiting relatives, etc! A lot fell through the cracks but we had a wonderful year on the water. Nice meeting you along the way!

Alex and Cindy Shue

Tug Hill Tug

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Mary and Jim,


Congratulations on finishing up the loop. David and I are very jealous that we're not out on Magnolia doing the same thing!

We were sidetracked during the last year but hope to get back underway sometime in 2011.

Magnolia left the Wharf during the oil crisis and has returned to Columbus, MS. She will stay there for us until we can return to the Gulf Coast this winter.

We enjoyed traveling with you and wish you all the best! We hope to see you again sometime in the future.

Our best wishes,
David and Diane Martin
Magnolia (Endeavour 44)

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hello gold loopers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yea congrats welcome home you all were great to run with verry sleepy at night but the rest of the time youall were great job well done come visit us in marathon this winter we are staying on banana bay jan feb and march love to have ya again. sorry you have reached your wake but continue on don't stoppppppppppp! love you all dan and biddi



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Congrats Mary and Jim.


We enjoyed meeting you last fall. We crossed our wake in Nov and had planned to go back up to the Tenn River this summer, but the oil spill changed our plans. Guess it turned out ok since they have had beastly hot weather(unlike last year) and we have had one of the best summers here in Vermont.

Be careful, the cruising life has a way of luring you back.

Dolores and Rudy on True Love ll 390 Mainship

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We enjoyed meeting you last fall. We crossed our wake in Nov and had planned to go back up. Congratulations folks. We met you at Kentucky Dam Marina when you came thru the lock after dark and I sort of helped you in on the VHF after Steve Mayheu called me to say you were coming in. We understand what a nice feeling it is to have completed this voyage and earned the gold flag.


John and Pat Olson
FREE BIRD

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Hi Mary and Jim

Congratulations on crossing your wake. I am sure you are happy that you finished this adventure and will look forward to the next.

Danny and I are in Plymouth, Massachusetts and will have the boat hauled tomorrow and will start the drive home on Saturday after he goes to the Boat Show in Newport, Rhode Island. We will cross our wake next year in Montreal. Mind you it is not with the same boat or even the same year as we have done the Rideau System twice before. I am sure it will count.

We hope our paths will cross again as it was a pleasure meeting you.

Susan and Danny

P.S. We ran into Tug in Mystic, Connecticut

Please note that our email address has changed to dan@thegodins.com Please update your address books!

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