Camano Island State Park
After the long day on the boat Kerri opted for us to make the hour drive to where her Mother and Father were recently camped – Camano Island State Park – to see if they were still there. They were, so we had yet another impromptu get together with family on the road. We were not great company that first night, but the second we all met up for dinner and to catch up on the happenings since we last talked. Steak and potatoes filled the tummy, along with a small glass of red wine. I’m not sure what wine has in it, but a single half-glass gets me talking gibberish and walking funny. The parents let it slide only making fun of me a little… which was nice.
The rest of the week was our standard sitting around for the four day work week. Well, really Kerri is the only one working right now. My project has been put on hold until we finish up with all this boat-stuff, which continued through the week. There has been no use trying to focus on a work project once we started talking about buying a boat, although I admit that I am looking forward to getting back into the project once things settle down. On one day, with Kerri plugging away on her laptop inside, Moose and I set out for an afternoon hike to soak in the warm sun and to give the young dog some exercise. The hike was nothing of importance to me, but to Moose it meant a lot. Sniffing and peeing on things for a couple miles really does it for the little guy. Another day we packed up the van to make a run into the nearest town – 30 minutes away – to get dog food, groceries, and some Starbucks wifi action. Exciting life huh?
As for the boat stuff, we were awaiting the written survey reports which would give us the ammunition to make a change to our original offer on the boat. It arrived on Thursday, and after a night mulling it over a bit we decided to just let our original offer stay in place and get this all done as quickly as possible. It was conversations with our broker the following morning that convinced to make a small adjustment – halving the estimated costs for some of the more critical repairs and reducing our offer. It wasn’t 30 minutes later that we got the call with the simple words, “congratulations, you are in closing!” We are (or will be, once all the paperwork is completed) boat owners! Can you see our smiles?
