And We’re Off

Well, after a lot of work, we’re finally ready to head out to San Diego.

We got almost everything taken care of.  We have tenants for the house, put in all our change of addresses and packed up.  Whew, packing was a chore.  Now, we haven’t checked it out, but I am quite concerned that everything won’t fit into the Beetle.  Thankfully, we bought a roof rack.    The plan is to put 4 giant duffle bags (or hockey bags) onto the roof rack and everything else into the car. 

We’ve decided to take both of the cats with us.  We’re not sure how that’s going to work out, but we feel better about taking them than leaving them.  They also seem to sense something and if I didn’t know better, they’re eagerly waiting for us to take them along.  We got all the necessary shots and papers from the vet and bought two brand now, comfy cat carriers for them.  These we’ve just left in the middle of the living room floor for the cats to explore on their own.  We also bought halters and tethers for them.  I think putting the halters on them is going to be fun!  But we have to make sure they don’t fall overboard.

We’re leaving Monday, January 10^th with the intention of arriving in San Diego by the 15^th. 

This trip is to gain our sea legs, get some much-needed sailing experience and to generally get to know the boat.  We’ve already made plans to return to Toronto on or about April 17^th.  We’ll drive back and sell the car while we’re here.  We have our return plane tickets for May 9^th.

So there probably won’t be any updates until we arrive in San Diego.  Then we’ll write an update and, hopefully, post some photos or videos of “In the Vortex”.

Until then, fair winds.