Summer Off the Boat – 2024
Boat Life is all it’s cracked up to be.
Sorry to say that posting blogs on the website has taken a back burner to the simpler and more immediate platforms of social media. Please check out the latest there, and once we’re in a more stable environment, able to contemplate more than just sleep, eat, watch, cats and boat maintenance,
At last, splash day! This is the day that the boat makes the eight or nine block trip through the narrow streets from the boatyard to the boat ramp.
It’s hard to believe we’ve been here a month already, with the same projected splash date–in a week or two.
Today marks three weeks since we arrived in Argentina. We have established our favorite streets to stroll and stores to shop for groceries and supplies, as well as some favorite establishments to enjoy beers and food, and although it goes against everything we’ve preached for the past twenty plus years, it may actually be cheaper …
I don’t know how many of you have made a big move like this: one-way to a different country (after several downsizes)–but I admire every one of you who has. Whatever your circumstances and added challenges, whether children, pets, loss, complete change in life–or nothing adding extra challenges at all–this is a big deal. I …
Since we were here for the holiday anyway, we went ahead and dreamed of a white Christmas, and Santa didn’t disappoint. We also dreamed of getting a firmer splash date from the boat builder so we could work on our flights and figure out how to get our three cats down to Argentina with us. Santa brought not only that, but also Dove chocolates with wrappers that said “Book the Flight”, so we went for it!
Since we were here for the holiday anyway, we went ahead and dreamed of a white Christmas, and Santa didn’t disappoint. We also dreamed of getting a firmer splash date from the boat builder so we could work on our flights and figure out how to get our three cats down to Argentina with us. Santa brought not only that, but also Dove chocolates with wrappers that said “Book the Flight”, so we went for it!