Getting Ready

We are getting close to departure for our trip. We still have crazy amounts of stuff to do to get ready, but we are starting to see tangible proof that all of this work is paying off. We have several new additions to the boat, and she's starting to look like she's ready for a voyage, that is until you see down below. But, we're getting to it!

New spray hood over the companion way

New rain cover over the cockpit

New weather cloths on stanchions, stern line reel re-installed, and new life raft on starboard aft stanchions

Odin says: "stop with the photos Mama, we've got work to do!"

"Silly Mama!  Stop taking pictures already!" says Lars

New nesting dinghy under construction...needed since we are a family of 4 now!

Little by little we are getting there.  The house is even getting marginally cleaner thanks to many helpful souls who have been coming over to keep an eye on the boys while I work elsewhere in the house.  I think the house sitter will appreciate a clean house...given it hasn't really been clean in a year!

I've also been buying food right and left.  We'll be able to get food along the way, but it'll be good to have the staples we like with us.  Now we've just got to find places to stow it all.

Wish us luck!