The Journey Begins

Today we begin our adventure with much calmer winds than yesterday. Yesterdays wind and waves, building 5-8' caused us to rethink leaving and sticking with our original cast off of today. Friends are picking us up at home around 10 a.m. and we anticipate being on the water no later than noon today. The blog will be updated whenever internet connection is available.

We're ready. How far we go today depends on how we feel. Isn't that grand?

Bon Voyage

A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place

The process has begun of taking what we need to the boat. The food is now on the boat with the exception of fresh produce and dairy which will be purchased the morning we leave on our cruise. The 'medicine cabinet' is completed. Pleasantly surprised how much room we have left at this point. Clothing will most likely be the biggest challenge especially in what to take. We will encounter cool weather going through the Erie Canal during early mornings and evenings. Then if we decide to come home for Christmas, well believe sweatshirts and fleeces will have to suffice for winter jackets! And turtlenecks and sox! The man on the boat has a hate relationship with sox, by the way.

We are gaining. Today is filled with more gathering and loading and seeing friends before we leave. Coming home for a week or so in October takes some of the pressure off. If we take something we don't really need we can bring it home, and if we forget something we can retrieve it and take it back to Journey.

Anxious, excited and to the point we 3 are ready to hit the blue water highway.

details

so many details, so little time to get them done
but it's exciting!

Target

Believe we will be leaving August 4th!

Oh so close to leaving

We are getting very, very close to leaving on our trip. Chester is not quite certain what the heck is going on in 'his' household with the rubbermaid totes adorning the living room floor. As we fill them and cross items off our list, it shows us how we are almost there and ready to take everything to the boat. Give us a couple of weeks and the next blog will be entitled: We're Gone

Tic Toc....

Packing things at home this weekend to take to Journey for cruising! After work and preparation, reality is setting in that this is really happening. We agree that the feeling now is like waiting for a connecting flight on the way home from a great vacation: just do it already!

Counting down

Six, maybe seven, weeks before we travel North in order to go South! The project list is getting smaller allowing a little light at the end of this tunnel.