What a rush the past few days have been... and the to-do list has been getting whittled down accordingly. Only a few small items left now such as paying the guy who's going to store the sailboat. The yacht club asked me to haul it out of there and I was lucky enough to find a guy who can load it on his trailer (transporter) and set it back down in the storage lot. They'll shrink wrap it and wash it... I was over there today and man does it need it!!! I had planned on selling it altogether but despite having it listed all summer, I never got anything other than a few internet scam offers/interest. I talked to the local auction and they said I'd get somewhere between $|500 and $3000 for it!!!! It's a foot shy of 30' and has every bit of electronics and roller furling jibs, new paint, etc. There is NO boat market right now. I wish I was buying instead of selling.... I've seen some amazing boats for sale for next to nothing. That ate up my am... and this afternoon, I was back down at the water again tying off the dock/railway so that I don't lose it on the ice like happened last year to the dock. What a wonderful day to be down there... it had to be close to 30 degrees and sunny.
The CLS is all winterized and put away and Shawn vacuumed out the Buick... so a wash tomorrow, winterize it and the pressure washer and then put away a few pieces of lawn furniture and finish packing and then Gina/Glenn will run us to the hotel at the airport and then put the Buick into the garage for the year...
We're both feeling like we're missing something important but what ever it is isn't on our big checklist so it can't be that important. Saw Kirstie and Jordan today for lunch... was great seeing them - especially as we won't see them for well over a year as they leave for Australia in January for a year. I'm hoping we'll get to stop in Australia for a bit but our schedule is already very rushed and that's an expensive place to be after South Africa.
Next post from Costa Rico likely!
Have a safe flight!!
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