Summer Interlude 2016

Here it is almost the end of the season already.  It's been a busy summer but things are winding down and we're preparing for our winter in the South again.

Jeff's been working hard all summer with my son-in-law at his family business, Harbour West Marina, launching boats in the spring, then working part-time through the slower summer season, and now back at it full bore, hauling boats out of the water and closing things down.

Not being one to sit around idle, during the slower summer season Jeff joined a crew from our buddy Brian's (m/v Fugitive) company that installs arena board systems all over North America.   He's been on jobs in California, here in the Georgian Bay area and most interestingly, way up in Northern Labrador in a small Inuit community.  This place, with the whooping population of about 350 souls, has no road access and is only accessible by air or water. Pretty interesting !  Pictured are the work dogs, tied up, waiting for the snow to come so they can get back to work.

Me, I've been mostly spending time watching the grandkids, hanging out with friends and taking some painting lessons.





It's been a great summer with lots of friends/family time and work completed, but it's getting cold. There's not much R-value in a boat and I'm pretty sure that was little ice pellets I was hearing pinging on the boat roof early today. It's time to go. We've scheduled a little hiatus for the two of us at an all-inclusive resort in Cuba, which will see us on a beach but out of the States for

the American election (no offense to the our American friends but we'd rather avoid that one).

Then it will be back to Gran Vida and another winter adventure.  We're not sure where we'll end up yet,...   so stay tuned.