Thomas (Tom) Caywood

My working career was as an Air Traffic Controller at Houston Air Traffic Control Center.

After retirement Ann ( a retired flight attendant from Continental Airlines) and I began cruising aboard Mañana, our 36' trawler (motor boat). We traveled to the Chesapeake twice, the Bahamas once, and several times to Florida.

IN 1996 we moved up to a 42' trawler and continued cruising the Gulf and East Coast. Our travels took us up into the river system that included places like Chattanooga and Nashville. We also traveled the "Great Loop" which traverses the Hudson River, The Erie Canal, the Trent/Severn Waterway that crosses Ontario, the Great Lakes, the Illinois River back to the Mississippi and down to the Gulf of Mexico.

While traveling and living aboard our boat we branched out into Yacht Deliveries and boating instruction.

Our numerous deliveries included two separate trips through the Panama Canal, two trips through the inside passage from Washington to Alaska, and several delivery/instruction cruises.

As of October 2008 Ann and I had returned to Clear Lake (Houston area) from Anacortes, Washington where we spent the summer working for ABC Yacht Charters as charter boat skippers.

In 2002 we sold our boat and moved onto our 'geriatric' yacht, a motor home, and continued our nomadic lifestyle, spending winters in Rockport and summers anyplace where we didn't need air conditioning. Our travels have taken us to all 50 states (we didn't take the motor home to Hawaii), 8 Canadian provinces and territories, and 5 Mexican states.

Update as of August 2010: Our traveling days were put on temporary hold when Ann assumed care taking duties for her aging mom. We bought a condo on Clear Lake, and for the foreseeable future we'll remain in this area.

Ann's mom passed in 2012 but by then we'd put down roots in this area and were satisfied to stay. We downsized to a much smaller class C motor home and continue to take monthly weekend trips.

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