We took our 24 ft Regal from Deland FL to Astor FL to eat at the Drifters waterfront restaurant. We were pulling into the no wake zone in Deland and saw this police escort with about 10 boats and had no idea what was going on, we then hollered to another boat find out what all this was about. Turns out it was the great loop challenge leaving to start their journey. I then looked them up and followed along the whole time on Facebook and then found out that he was stopping in New Symrna beach FL for a meet and greet at the Garlic restaurant on his way back to Deland. We went over and met Capt. Red Flowers nicest guy ever and what a great cause all this is for. We also knew which day he was going to be pulling back in. We and about 15 or so boats waited at the south entrance of lake George, Astor FL and we all followed/escorted him along with the police back to Deland. Best of luck to them getting to a million!