Hard at Work

Well, here we are.  Still in Seattle.  I had thought we would be long gone by now but a few little things have kept us tied to the dock.  Brenda has been suckered into working part time for one more month and while she has been hard at work, I have been busy with last minute boat projects. 

Some of those projects have been crappy, like replacing all of the plumbing from the toilet to the tank where the waste goes...again its a crappy job (literally...pun intended). 

Some projects are much more important and very difficult...like making sure our new inflatable paddle boards work properly.  We have had stand up paddle boards for quite a few years now and have put quite a few miles on them.  Around here we have stored them on rack that ties them to the outside of the boat, but once we leave and are sailing out in the big ocean, anything that is on the outside of the boat is a target for a big wave.  We didn't like the idea of having the boards and railing and rack all ripped off by a wave so we have gotten rid of our old boards and gone to inflatables that we can store in a compartment inside the boat.  Here is a quick video of one of the new boards in action...its kind of a dorky video but what else am I supposed to do with my time???



We also have a couple of medical procedures that we probably both should have taken care of years ago but since we are both pretty wimpy, here we are, last minute, only because we have to.  I have to forcibly have my wisdom teeth ripped from my whimpering mouth (I have been putting this off for 20 years) and Brenda has to have her eye balls cut out (lasik...she's blind as a bat and doesn't want to deal with contacts or glasses in third world countries).  So here we sit, crying ourselves to sleep at night, in fear of horrendous procedures (to us anyway).  In reality they both should be quick and relatively painless and then we will both be at the top or our game...100% ready and in tip-top shape.

So for those of you wondering where we may be...here we are.  Our adventure hasn't really started yet.  We will be in Seattle till the end of May and then its bye-bye hometown and off to the great white north. 

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