We is ABOARD!

Change is indeed constant. 

(Just check your pants pocket,  ka-Ching!)

Lots of changes this week.

• We spent Monday afternoon at the laundromat with all the towels and bedding the seller left aboard.  And yes, these establishments still have a distinctive odor we all remember,  Only the prices have changed. $4.75 for a load in a big front loader.  Sheesh.🤷
• Tuesday was cleaning day as we dusted, scrubbed, and/or vacuumed every nook and cranny inside Irish Lass.  Kathleen washed every dish, glass, fork, and spoon aboard. To their credit, our sellers left a very clean boat for us.  (But no one, probably not even Commadore Kathleen herself, can completely fulfill Commadore Kathleen's vision of "clean".  We got pretty darn close, though.)  And we got Fernando about 50% unloaded and all of our clothes and personal gear stowed.
• Wednesday we "burned a ship" by checking out of our hotel (a story in itself) and committed to sleeping aboard.  Got Fernando 90% unloaded and began stowing all that stuff.  Organizing the galley took a major effort, including a pile for Goodwill and Rubbermaid bin of "what-possessed-us-to-bring-THAT?" But we got enough done so we had a cocktail and a bed!  WOO HOO!  

  

  Admiral Maggid approved

   
• Thursday. 😁 First morning in our new master stateroom.  First showers in our new master head.  First coffee and tea in our new gallery.  Amen!  ✟🙏✟ (First trip to West Marine for parts. 😬 A new dockside water inlet.  Ah, boating....... )  Kathleen got us re-upped with Dish Network, using the receiver and KVH TracVison satellite dome that came with the boat.  
• On Friday we bid farewell to our faithful friend Hernando. returning him to the fold at Budget.  Those who know me well can appreciate how rare it is for me to compliment General Motos, but they have the

  

  Adios, Fernando!

  Yukon XL dialed IN.  (No wonder they seem to sell every one they can make.)   Vaya con Dios, amigo.   

In his stead, we rented a smaller, less expensive, and less featured ride to help us with further provisioning.  Maybe we'll call her Hernandette?

Ola, Fernandette!

We closed out the week by acquiring what seems to be the last Magma Kettle BBQ on the east coast.  So at least we can eat again.  👍 

Grillin'!

We know you are anxious for boat pictures.  We need another day or two to make things photogenic.  And THEN we will offer you all the 5 cent tour.  Promise.