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| Our 3 part boat cover: thrilled it's installed |
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| Pura Vida is fully covered in the dusty yard |
After our 2,000 mile drive from Guaymas via Phoenix, Laughlin and Las Vegas NV, Sacramento and Ashland, visiting friends along the way, we arrived safely in Portland.
We miss our home/boat and the warm sunshine in Mexico, although we hear that it's
getting hot - and it's only May! Friends who also store their boat in the
Guaymas dry marina logged 140 degrees last summer, so we needed a better
solution to protect our home than the giant dark tarps we'd bought 2 years ago.
Paolo and Jesus carefully measured from stem to stern and we ordered three
custom fit covers that straddle our 2 masts and cover the entire deck and the
teak toe rail that Judy is responsible for cleaning and oiling. It was finished
after we left so friends sent photos to show us the finished project. We
love it!
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| The view from our deck at our housesitting gig |
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| Looking N on the Willamette River |
During our first week, we enjoyed visitation rights to our belongings in storage, bought Mike a Ford Escape so we both have wheels, picked up 6 months of mail which fit in a single grocery bag thanks to Ilene, and started the transition to a hectic urban lifestyle. We are thankfully already working multiple jobs and currently housesitting for friends on the Willamette River - check out these beautiful early morning photos on the river from our deck. Wildlife abounds along with tons of fishermen in various types of boats, hoping for their limit.
One of our jobs is at West Marine where we've been welcomed back by our associates and found two wrapped Christmas presents in our locker! Must say, the only wrapped gifts received for Christmas, and what a lovely surprise (thanks to Santa Chellie!).
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| Christmas in May - what a great surprise with cool gifts |
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| Spring in the NW - cherry trees and amazing green everywhere |
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| We made it to Famous Dave's for BBQ - no tacos! |
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Enjoying the bounty of NW apples - fresh washed, I had
to take a photo as they dried below the skylight |
