After some deliberation and flip flopping we decided to drive down to the boat. That decision mostly had to do with the fact that the captain picked up a new toy, and who could turn down a road trip through the hills of New York and Pennsylvania in a convertible Mustang during the fall colour display? Not me! So we loaded up what we could in the trunk and after a very pleasant weekend on the family visit circuit we were off.
We took our time and enjoyed the trip. Looper friends Mark and Becky were in town re-commisioning their boat Mara Beal. We arrived in Wilmington late afternoon in the pouring rain, took a room down the way from Mark and Becky and enjoyed an evening of dining and catching up.
A couple of weeks work here in the boatyard should find Gran Vida all spit-shined and ready for action. Jeff's scraping the bottom. I've been confined to cleaning and organizing the interior interspersed with icing a knee injury that's acting up. Harumph. Bad timing for that.
