Yesterday was the final checkover of systems. It was once again a nice day although somewhat windy - especially on the lake. We went about 10 west on the Erie Canal (through 1 lock) to Lake Onieda. There we were able to run wide open, check engine temperature, rpm and just in general check all systems.
The only bad job left was to change the transmission fluid so I did that when we arrived back to the dock - better if the fluid is warm. So that was done.
Fun thing: got to use the chartplotter (like we needed it on the canal!) - just fun. The little boat is "us" and it moves the way we do relative to the water. Once we are on waters that actually have a chart, it will show depth, buoys and harbor approaches. How did we ever get anywhere before GPS!
Tomorrow: we are set to leave. Sold folding bikes, sold our last car - will seem weird as we have been driving a 1990 Toyota Cressida (first the white one we bought from Mom and Dad and then the red one that we found in Cleveland a number of years ago) for the past 15 years.
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