Summer Check List Almost Complete............

..........almost time to start heading south!

Bainbridge/Seattle Summer
(Partial) Check List:

Clean and do repairs on the Frey Rd. House

before new tenant moves in. ✔

House/Dog/Plant Sit for two weeks while kids
go to Ireland.✔

A week long camping trip with the kids in
South Central Washington.✔

Sell one of our Wenatchee rental houses. ✔

Cut back/clean up yards of Bainbridge houses -
10 pick-up loads to yard waste facility. ✔

Annual Physicals. ✔

Meeting with accountant for 2015 taxes
(We got an extension) and financial advisor.✔
This is the view from her office.
The Seattle/Puget Sound area can't be beat in t
he summer!

Babysit and just spend time with Simon, Kelsey,
RL and Barlow. ✔

Boat Stuff:

Get dodger and dinghy chaps re-stitched. ✔

Rebuild old starter motor to use as a spare.✔

Make two new hatch screens.✔

Make new cockpit cushion covers.✔

Many trips to Fisheries Supply Supply.✔

Fix Boomvang.

Visit friends and family.
(no ✔ because we NEVER get to see everyone we wanted to see)
A perfect sunset bon voyage dinner cruise from
Bainbridge Island to Indianola. (notice Mt. Rainier)
Thanks Tom and Claudette!

We're leaving Seattle on October 8, visiting family and friends along the way, and scheduled to arrive in San Carlos on October 21st.

We did finally get a picture of L-L:
Still standing and looking good!
Notice the "hurricane poles" (instead of just jack stands). We
requested them again for next year.

Mexico.....here we come.........

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