Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Preparing to leave

So.. we've decided to head south for the winter. We are under the three week mark, and our heads are spinning! Scott is making endless trips to Home Depot and West Marine, and I'm wearing a path to and from Walmart and the grocery store. Stocking up for two months is a bit challenging. Our boat has limited space, so we are finding every available nook and cranny for storage!

We are hoping that the weather holds, and doesn't get too much colder, as that will present problems for the boat(we are usually winterizing this time of year), so fingers are crossed. The party boat will be pulled this Saturday, to spend the winter on land. The house will also be "winterized", with anti-freeze in the water lines and the heat off. That means we will be living on the boat, at the pier, before we actually leave.

All in all, we're very excited to begin this adventure. Can't imagine what we're going to see and do along the way...stay tuned!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great start, thanks for sharing! Looking forward to following the adventure - and of course, visiting in FLA! - Steph

Anonymous said...

Good to hear from you it's been a long time. keep us posted, sounds like a blast.

Chris (tippy) and Leigh

Sally said...

I don't really care about how excited you are about your trip. I only care about how the cats feel. Are they excited? Who will blog for them?

Anonymous said...

Way too much Cranberry Sangria was consumed by me at Kristen's send-off! I am still feeling the hang over, thanks Ravens Game!

I had a great time at the Bon Voyage party and hopefully Nan will be do a fine job of organizing the sweater crawl, New Years, St. Patrick's Day, etc during your leave of absence.