Well we have finally come to the end of phase 1 of our year off. Mark and I are resting in a hotel in Orlando, waiting for our flight to Toronto tomorrow (Sunday, Aug 7). From my previous post, you know we had to wait to get into Riverside. We ended up moving Crimson Kathryn over to Riverside on Friday (about 2 minutes by car and 20 minutes by boat – one bascule bridge to pass through between the 2 marinas). We tied up on the end of the haul out dock and then spent the rest of the day packing up. We decided to store all of cushions and fabrics in an climate controlled storage facility just up the street from Riverside. It took us several trips on Friday and Sat. to move all our stuff but it’s worth it.
We started the final storage prep today at 6:30 am and were ready to leave by 12:30pm. Unfortunately, Riverside couldn’t haul out the boat today so we left her in the water, leaving her in the hands of the Riverside workers to haul out and store our boat.
Tomorrow we’ll get into Toronto around 3:30pm and spend a few days visiting before we head home for a few weeks. Phase 2 of our year off begins on Aug. 29 when Mark and I fly to Paris, France for a month of touring the wine regions. Evelyn will be joining us on Sept. 10 (after she defends her Master’s thesis on Sept. 6) and spending the fall with us as we visit France, Greece and Australia. Caroline will spend a week with us in Greece – it will be great to have the four of us together even if it’s only for a week.
Here are the last photos for phase 1.
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 
Phase 1 over and done. Time is going fast. Kathy and I are going away this week, but we should be in touch before you start phase 2. Take care.
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Nice that your delivery and Phase 1 is complete, enjoy Phase 2!
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