Gettin’ there…

We’ve settled into a fairly comfortable routine here on the boat. Mostly lazy mornings, followed by a flurry of project work, followed by late cockpit dinners and drinkies. Despite our slow pace, we are actually getting closer to being able to cut the dock lines. I finished building the frame and structure of our new solar panel bimini. Since I didn’t really know what I was doing (as usual), the fact that it seems to have come together is, well, kinda neat. All that remains is to wire it into our electrical charging system. Piece of cake 😉

The other big piece was our engine. It now seems to be working thanks to Dave the Mechanic. He aligned the pressure pump and it immediately smoothed out and now purrs like a kitty — a really big, grumpy kitty. One more gasket to build and install and we should be ready to motor away.

Of course life hasn’t been all work. There’s been plenty of play as well. Mom and Kathy drove down for mom’s birthday celebrations. We spent a few days wining and dining with them, including visits to a few fantastic local wineries. Of course, we got to show off our floating home, which is slowly getting sorted and cleared of junk.

Speaking of clearing stuff, Ann’s been hard at it, beating down the piles of junk that still dominate our little floating home. She’s also been working on the water system, which with the installation of some new filters, is now “AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL!!” to quote my Annnneeeeeeeeee.

And believe it or not but we’ve finally begun to try and sell some big items, including our two motorcycles. They’re both listed on Kijiji now as individuals, or someone can buy both at the same time for an added discount. So far no takers, but we’re getting lots of clicks. Hopefully…

We have had one offer to store the bikes on a new friend’s land, so perhaps we can keep them after all. As usual, we don’t know what the future will hold.

In the meantime it’s work, interspersed with lovely dinners with friends, cat sightings at the local chandler , and the occasional visit from Maddy the marina child.