Yesterday (Sunday), we brought about 15 cart loads from the boat to the trailer. I think I was making ruts along the marina grass and parking lot. The boat got lighter while the trailer heavier. I hope it still moves! Laura and I worked all day with our bathing suits on. When we were hot, we jumped in the pool and cooled off for a bit. Our good friends Lee and Linda on Slow Cruisin' invited us over for cocktails and a little private going-away dinner. Linda had a little package of gifts for us including a framed picture of Second Wind at the dock here so we wouldn't forget. What a sweetheart! After dinner and a couple bottles of wine, we retired to our (new to us) trailer and new bed.
Turns out neither of us slept very well because of the
new bed, different surroundings and thinking up stuff we forgot. Laura was up early (7:30)
at her usual time and I slept in for another hour or so.
I'm big on checklists and we've been using an app called Wunderlist for several years now. It works really well. The best part is you can share lists with other people so Laura and I work together for adding and completing tasks on our own phones. I've been working off of two lists the past several days - "Bring on RV trip" is all the stuff we want to bring with us and "Leave the boat" is everything I need for putting the boat to bed. This works out great when you wake up in the middle of the night and think of something you forgot. I just pick up the phone, add the task to the list then go back to sleep. I don't stay awake thinking I'm not going to remember in the morning.
It's a hot, steamy day in Catskill and we're still here. We brought over another full cart load this morning of things we had forgotten yesterday and I finished the checklist for shutting down the boat systems. My goal was to leave by 10am but it was 11 before we had everything from this trip packed in the trailer. I hadn't had coffee or breakfast so we settled down for a bit in the air-conditioning and decided to stay another day. About the only thing left is a trip to Walmart for a few items plus stocking up on fresh groceries.
I've been thinking a lot of how many / which tools to bring with us. I have tools on the boat for repairing everything a broken hose to bad engine starter. I decided I wouldn't need my big tool box or the many drawers of tools stored on the boat. Instead, I just added a few things to Tom's small tool box and figured that would be enough for a small trailer. Well.... This morning I finally had enough of the screen door sticking so decided to fix it. Of course, I didn't have the right tool for the screws or big enough pliers to bend the hinge back into place. Another two trips back to the boat for tools and it's working fine now.
This afternoon we did a small grocery run. On the boat, we buy groceries in bulk because we have a large fridge and two freezers. The camper only has a small fridge and freezer so it will take us a little time to get used to it. After our "small" grocery run, both the fridge and freezer were packed full.
We relaxed the rest of the day swimming at the marina and doing small jobs. I think we are ready! Tomorrow morning we head out.
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