We were somehow too busy having a great time to take photos at the Looper Rendezvous. Basically, the Looper organization that we belong to, AGLCA — America’s Great Loop Cruisers’ Association — has two Rendezvous’ each year, one in the Norfolk area in May and one just north of Mobile, AL in October. Each features seminars and forums that give you all of the information that you need to negotiate each half of the Loop, opportunities to tour each other’s boats, and plenty of time to eat, drink and socialize. In our case, although we had been to the Rendezvous before, we wanted to meet up with our “Class of 2016-17” Loopers, as we would be travelling with many of those boats throughout the rest of our trip. We were soon to find out that even more important than Docktail buddies and sounding boards for information, the folks we are traveling with were, and are, among the kindest, most caring and truly helpful people we have ever met.