Sailing Away???

This blog has been very much neglected, sorry about that.  Life was just so interesting and fun and exciting that I didn't manage to blog about it as I had intended.  I am trying to work on that.

So, the big exciting thing, we are casting off the dock lines and setting out to sail.  Yes, a whole summer of sailing.  Outdoor Dad has a job that is allowing him to telecommute for the summer and we plan to take full advantage of it.

We have spent the last few weeks getting ready.  Purchased a new life jacket for Outdoor Boy who is growing so fast, made sure that all the emergency equipment was up to date, working, and where we wanted it.  Took out the dehumidifier and put back in the toilet (it is really, really, nice to not have so much rain).  Even gave the boat a good scrubbing and it looks much nicer.  Then we brought the cushions for the cockpit out of storage.  Gave the electric system a bit of an upgrade so that we are able to have power without being plugged into the shore power.  We now have a solar charger, a solar trickle charger, and an inverter to run off the outboard engine.  We decided to forgo the generator and just use an inverter because we didn't want to add another engine.  We also took off the electric over and replaced it with a two burner propane stove.

We think we are about ready to cast off.   We have been speaking with the kids a lot lately about how sometimes you just need to be flexible and go with the flow.  That just because X, Y, and Z are on the agenda for the day, sometimes A comes along and takes precedence.  And Y or Z just have to wait, or maybe you decide to not do Y or Z after all.  What does this have to do with sailing you ask???  Well, we had planned to leave yesterday.  But, something came up (uggg, carburetor issue with our engine) and we had to delay.  Our new plan is to leave tomorrow now that it is fixed.

Today, we attended an event with quite a few of our friends.  An event that had we been sailing, we would of not been able to go.  At the conclusion of it, we are discussing what our afternoon plans were and if we had time to do X, Y, Z, M,N, O, and P (no possible way to fit all of these things in) Outdoor Girl tells me "I'm so glad our plans changed and we could come today, it made me happy to see my friends and give them a hug good bye.  Sometimes plans change for the better." And I have to agree.  In some ways, I am glad we had another day here.

And really it was a nice day.

Here is Outdoor Dad putting the engine back together, it works!!!!

Bon Voyage.