When can we go?

Dock Day 27 - 30 San Diego, CA 10/29 - 11/01/2016

Tim was teaching over two of these days which he has already posted on the blog. Every day I have still been shopping for something whether it is for the boat or for eating and the likes. I’m still working on “out with the cotton items and in with the wicking materials.” These days it’s socks. I love the wool blend socks that I just purchased! They are comfy and just enough warmth without bulk. The days are getting cooler, but the humidity and sun makes it feel quite warm. The mornings feel a bit chilly with the humidity and cool air.

The test patches of Peel Away turned out very nicely after 18 hours of dew time. Now Tim and I have to figure out how and when as this has to be a coordinated effort with both of us. The removal process can leave open spaces that will leak if Tim doesn’t do any sealing soon after my work is done. We are working on our plan with this project. Stay tuned on this one.
I found some decent plastic style plates made from bamboo products that aren’t harmful to my health. I have removed our other thin plastic plates and glass plates from the boat. I purchased a pressure cooker (which I think I mentioned in an earlier post) and I need to get some practice with it. The galley has had quite a few additions that need a place to roost. The place for the pressure cooker is a bit awkward and I’m not sure I will be leaving it there. It seems I am in the process of doing a galley rework. I decided I hate the dish drainer I used during the summer on another boat. It’s going off the boat, it’s in my way in the galley and it makes the galley feel cluttered.


Be sure to vote!
It is election time and there were 17 propositions to vote on here in California! I spent over 2 hours at Starbucks reading each one of them and taking my stance on my ballot. Our ballots have been mailed at last! Tim and I are wondering how this presidential election is going to affect our travels to Mexico and elsewhere. Only time will tell on this issue.

We have been waiting for our vessel documentation from the Coast Guard for over two months and today Tim contacted them and sent an expedited request because we are planning to travel this month and need our documents. We sure hope it goes through and arrives quickly. This process increased the need for that printer, scanner, fax machine we have on our wish list. We had to go to Office Depot to print, scan and then email that Coast Guard document. While there we checked in on printers and found one from our desire list on sale much less than Amazon so we purchased it.

When we returned to the boat as we were lowering the printer into the cabin, Tim said, “What are we doing to ourselves?” We have no place for this printer, but it is needed for the weather fax and other things. So now we are talking about how we can make it all work and where we will place this piece of bulky equipment. That just means more shopping…I hate shopping. We just want to get going!