Key West in the Mid West

That's what Grafton Harbor calls itself.  We arrived here on Saturday and will stay till Wednesday.  Saturday the river, marina and town was in full tilt party mode!  Surprising given the late September date.  This place must really rock in the summer.  We walked the town finding boo-coo craft and nicknack shacks, flea market, bars and wineries galore.  In fact the Harbor has a wine tasting bar in their store!  The Loopers got together and tasted some.  Good friendly bunch...wine was so-so.  Chris and I found two other wineries (within a quarter mile of the marina) we liked better.

The pirate ship pics below are of a craft that was built on a house boat.  It parades up and down the coast line with customers...some really in the spirit of it!!  The shark boat is just nuts!!!

Yesterday we spent the day with our Looper buddies running around Grafton, Alton and St. Charles restocking and picking up need, and not so needed items.  Today has been kind of rainy so basically organizing and hanging out.  Four other Looper boats have joined us so if the rain lets off I'm sure there  will be a little get together.  One of the boats, Irish Attitude, is out of Liberty Harbor, Bay City!

Tomorrow, rain gods willing, we are hopping over to Alton Marina for a couple of days before heading down the Mississippi.