So you read about all of our fun in the 11 days before we left, but we had lots of work to do, too!!  Here’s a recap:

 

We had access to our house for a few extra weeks, so that meant we could take occasional baths and showers there and do TONS of laundry.

 

 

Of course our stuff is all put away, so these were Colin’s reading accommodations.

 

 

The boys had one last game of ping pong in the basement.  Toby and I played air hockey.  We are going to miss all the fun we have down there!!

 

 

Here is a final glimpse at what our storage room ended up looking like.  This room is 14×14 and packed to the ceiling.  Thank goodness our renters agreed to let us keep a room FULL of our stuff!!  They even brought us cute INNTW beach towels!!  Thanks, Sean and Stephanie!!  🙂

 

 

Oh yeah…and the garage space.  We filled a wall of shelves with our outside stuff, and it takes up about 1/2 of our third bay in the garage.  Mike hung up this huge tarp to cover our things and keep them tidy so the renters could still use some of that extra space.  He stacked all this stuff and hung that tarp in some HOT and HUMID weather!  I was amazed at his tenacity getting it all up there and put away neatly (especially in that heat!).

 

 

We made ourselves at home at West Marine several times, buying all the things.  This one is probably the most exciting for MOST of us, but other things are important, too, like portable VHF radios, a radio antennae, and a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) that will be used in case of an emergency.

 

 

 

 

We also ordered about a million things from Amazon (and we’re working on ordering more still!!)  By the way…if you ever shop Amazon, access their site through our link and we’ll make a few cents off every dollar you spend.  It doesn’t cost you anything, but we appreciate it!! 🙂

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Hayley and I bought a few of everything at the grocery store and I totally worried that it wasn’t going to all fit on the boat.  But guess what?!  IT DID!!  I feel pretty stocked and ready to head out on the water (at least for a week or so!!).

 

 

This is what our apartment sized fridge and storage shower look like after the provisioning trip.  Full, but functional!!

 

 

 

 

On our last day before departure we dropped Mike’s truck off at his Grandpa’s house to store for the next year (Thanks, Grandpa!!), we also sold my car right out of the marina parking lot, and had a vessel safety check from the Coast Guard Auxiliary to make sure we are set and prepared to be safe.  BUSY BUSY!!

 

 

 

 

We were busy running and moving and crossing things off the never-ending list all day.  It made me wonder if we should stay just one more day to make sure everything was done and possibly give us a chance to relax.  Mike reminded me that at some point we have to leave and that there will always be more to do.  We also will have lots of time while traveling to take care of chores, too.  So, that being said, we planned to push off from the dock on July 19th–Happy Birthday to me!!  Bat girl (and the whole family, really) is ready to go!!