From Limbo to Go

We're working really hard to become homeless and have no food! The thought made me laugh out loud. 

"What's so funny," Jerry asked as we left the office supply store with colored dot stickers to mark the price of things for the Moving Sale.  

"This is so unAmerican!" I explained, "No one gets rid of this much stuff!"  

We have to pare everything down to the bare essentials.  I figure if it fits under the tonneau cover of our GMC Canon and in the back seat, it will fit on the boat.

Tuesday, July 25 we got an offer on our house in St. Augustine.  By the next day, we all agreed on a price and the house was under contract.   It's a cash offer from people who are currently couch surfing.  So a quick close.  Can you say less than 2 weeks?  Can you say, Monday, August 7?

Why, oh why did we stock up on all those wild-caught salmon fillets on sale for $10 a pound?!

Monday, July 31, Jerry reconnected with the owner of the Great Harbour N37 "Carolyn Ann" and negotiated a deal that everyone likes.  

Friday, August 4, we'll pack up the truck and enjoy a visit next door.  We were thrilled to accept an invitation for appetizers and cocktails.  That solved the salmon problem!  Patty will be gifted with the frozen salmon fillets.  She's a professional chef and will do them justice.  

Our current To Do list includes making a Declaration of Domicile (Florida) and changing our Voter Registration and Driver's License records; visit Starke one more time, tend my box at the Community Garden, and work like crazy to put on the world's best ever Moving Sale on Saturday, August 5 from 8-5 at 1501 San Rafael Court (please tell your friends).

Sunday, August 6, the kids will be here to pickup the things they want as well as the watermelons that volunteered then ripened in our yard.  

Since we won't have a thing to sit or sleep upon when they're done, we'll give them a hug, throw our backpacks in the back seat and head somewhere (the destination will become clearer in the next few days).  

Next Thursday, August 10, Carolyn Ann will be taken on a sea trial by a Marine Surveyor, surveyed, hauled, poked and prodded to make sure all systems are go.  Oil will be sent for lab work, reports will be written and provided all goes well, we'll wire the money and it's done - we'll be Cruisers!  

We hope our first cruising destination will be to see the Solar Eclipse on August 21, somewhere on the waters of South Carolina.  Ironic - because we tried to get a room, but they were all booked!  We weren't too disappointed, as we knew things would work out.  We just never know how things will work out.  

We did a lot of studying and planning.  We did a lot of little things and we were flexible.  Even in all the chaos, it feels like we have fair winds and following seas for our new adventure!