I sold my car...:(

Well, it finally happened, we sold our final vehicle, Rene’s beloved Honda del Sol. It was a sad, sad thing to see it go. We know though that it went to a good family, and will be loved just as much as Rene did. We are taking to heart President Bush’s plea for everyone to drive less…..hahaha. We’re now officially vehicle-less and are bumming rides from people, walking lots, riding our one bicycle, borrowing a car now and then, and preparing to toss the docklines for good. We also turned in our 30 day notice at the Marina effective Oct 14th and, again, it has sunk in that in 30 days, we won’t have a place to keep the boat! We MUST move – MUST take off!! :-) Will write more later....Rene & Michael

Getting closer !!

This last week has been fun moving Michael’s Dad, Doug, from Palm Springs. He came to the boat on Sunday and spent a couple days out here getting ready to move (Telephone, Cable, Water, etc) and then on Tuesday we headed up to Palm Springs. Wednesday we packed his stuff into a U-Haul in the 100 degree heat and that evening had dinner with all of the family. While we were in Palm Springs, we attended a trade show on Thursday and stayed at a very nice hotel and enjoyed every minute of the large bed and huge shower – all without the nice ocean movement!! Friday morning we all 3 headed down the road to Oxnard. We unpacked the U-Haul and unpacked some key boxes and then went back to the boat to relax. Saturday morning Doug & Rene unpacked the majority of boxes and he felt much more settled. We'll write more later...Rene & Michael.

Welcome!

We're still in Channel Island's Harbor.....but we have a set-sail date now - woohoo! November 1st (weather permitting) is our date. Everyone knows we were insistent on selling our shop before leaving, but that just didn't happen. So, thanks to Michael's Dad who is moving out from Palm Springs to run the shop in our absence and a fantastic new manager for the store, we're heading south. This is my first post to the Slog, and more will come, especially when we're out sailing.

Right now we're frantic to finish everything we can to be ready to go. We've had a few hiccups that weren't on the 'calendar' to contend with - crashed hard drive, stolen purse, water in the generator - but all in all, we're still on target.

Anyway, keep in touch, if I don't have your e-mail, be sure to send me a little note and you'll get on the e-mail list. More to write later...