Alouette is a Luxemotor barge built in 1910 in Zwartsluis, Holland. She was first used as a cattle transporter, and later as a shrimp fishing boat. In 2002, she was lovingly converted by a British couple into a liveaboard barge. We are her third owners - Randy and Deborah, two Americans from Colorado who escaped corporate life in search of an adventure. After a few years of searching for the right adventure, we discovered the barging life. Having sailed for most of our adult lives, it seemed a perfect fit. We spent another year looking for the right barge and in the summer of 2010 found her in Roanne, France. We've renamed her Alouette - the Lark. And so in her 100th year, together with our two Russian Blue cats, we're shoving off for a life on the canals and rivers of Europe.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

We're back in port

We returned to our home port in Roanne, France on October 15th. The weather turned cold and rainy for the last two days of our cruise this year, and as we headed in, it looked like it could snow, but it didn't. Richard, the original owner of the boat, came out to see us through the last few kilometers and snapped some pictures of us underway. I've posted a few of them here. We can't believe that it was just a year ago when we visited Burgundy looking at boats and floating the idea of barging around in our heads. We never would have thought we could sell our house, find a boat and get part of a season cruising in less than one year!
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