Sunday May 12: A View from the Penthouse

Friday was the final day on the water. By the time we managed to finish up the electrical work in the morning, it was after lunch and time to pull the boat.

Matt and Wendy were due to pick us up at the marina (about 45 minutes from their house - including the 20 minute ferry ride) on Saturday morning so we spent the night living aboard out of the water! The view of the marina from the flybridge is now like being on the top floor of the local hotel!

Nice place from which to view the sunset :-)

Saturday the initial unloading was freezer and fridge contents along with our bikes. They will stay at Matt and Wendy's in the garage. Good place for them to be out of the salty air - keeps the rust from getting worse while we're gone.

Our home out of the water actually works out well as the boat is sitting very close to the showers/restrooms and more importantly close enough that we are able to get power to the boat.

This means we can have out usual power supply for cooking, lights etc. Matt's climbing back down as we prepare to leave for the weekend.

Tomorrow we'll head back to the boat to complete a number jobs to prepare the boat to sit for the next 3 months. This is a great place for Yesterday's Dream to be for what we hope will be a mild hurricane season!

We also need to figure out how to approach the leaking shaft log. But that's for another day ....

For now we'll enjoy being with the kids and enjoying the view the sunsets over the Neuse River from the front yard.

The plan is Cleveland/Loudonville a week from Tuesday then on to Canada the following week.