10-15 August 2017
We were leaving New Orleans, next stop our final destination of Tallahassee. We picked up the Land Cruiser and trailer at the off airport parking. The attendant apologized for having to charge me for two spaces. I was just happy that the trailer was still there and to have not been visited by Homeland Security. Off we went down the road.
We arrived in Tally about dinner time. Unbeknownst to me Travis' relatives in town had arranged to feed us, but I (and the pets) were done, fried. I apologized and traipsed off to the hotel we had arranged and got the pets situated.
We picked up the keys to the duplex in the morning, which was in a typical university kind of neighborhood, with all the good and bad that that entails. We quickly emptied trailer (funny how that is so much faster) and returned it with time to spare. Then the dreaded unpacking of boxes and organizing began. There was only so much of that I could take, especially since my opinion didn't matter for any of the decisions.
I was just bone tired of the whole moving experience, so I drove to Brunswick on 13th. Heather stayed at Chelsea's and organized and arranged and decorated. Each to their strengths. I got back to the boat, which was thankfully still intact and afloat, and slept for a couple days, with some eating in between somewhere. At some point I had the energy to take down bimini, since we were still deep into hurricane season, and adjusted the lines some more. I added a second diagonal strap to hold the dinghy down on the forward deck.
Well rested, and with the boat a little more prepared for possible hurricane unpleasantness, I drove back to Tally on 15th.
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The adventures of Dan and Heather as they travel on their sailboat, "Hiatus".
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