On the Move

 After several weeks of driving all over the eastern half of the country visiting kids, we are finally on the move to get the boat up to Chesapeake VA where we will list it with a boat broker to sell. While we were galavanting across the country, our boat bow pulpit was being repaired and the new steel plate installed. 

We spent a week in Kenosha with Kate and family and got to spend lots of time with Ian. What a sweet boy!And he can say Mimi and Bapa like nobody’s business. LOL! We attended Taste of Kenosha, the farmers market, free concert in the park and shopped and ate out at some great restaurants. Tom helped Kate finish some door projects with new hinges, handles and some sanding down to close better.

The next week was spent on Nashville with Johanna and the focus of the trip was to help them take the main bathroom in Ben’s house down to the studs and get them started on the remodel. Everything went - even the old bathtub! While we were there to help they replaced part of the subfloor, put in new insulation and tiled the floor. Johanna removed the popcorn ceiling herself and painted everything a clean, bright white. We helped them install the new bathtub, replace old plumbing for the vanity and tub and install a floor vent. Now they are well on their way to having a new bathroom when Johanna moves in after the wedding.

Our plan was then to return to New Bern, but the stainless boat part needed to get from Baltimore down to the boat, so we detoured to Dan’s house for a quick overnight and picked it up.

Steve and Kathy returned to their boat while we were there the last week, so we squeezed in a couple of dinners and happy hours! They left yesterday so Steve could do a consulting job and we will see them again on Saturday when they give us a ride back to New Bern to pick up our car.

We left Madison in Baltimore with Dan since we will be there next week to watch the girls while they both are at work. She’s living her best life with Dan and follows Claire all over the house. Dewey does miss her though.

We decided to leave at first light every morning and travel long days so we could get the boat delivered in 4 days instead of the normal 6, which means getting up before dawn and putting in 9 to10 hour days on the water.  Our weather was good today and it actually felt good to be back out there. We are at a marina in Belhaven NC that we stayed at in June on the way north to cross our wake, so it’s familiar territory. Free laundry here, so I did 3 loads after our arrival and now am ready to go to bed.






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