The Shakedown Cruise
We had closed on the sale of Miles on October 28. We had several projects to complete before we could start our trip around the world. Of course we needed to move aboard, also. We additionally drove two loads of stuff down from Colorado, visited family and friends, received a safety award, went boating on the Tennessee Driver, quit our jobs, and dyed our hair blue (first time with hair dye for both of us.) Kind of a busy time. By my birthday on December tenth, it seemed like we could continue working on the boat forever, and not go anywhere. We had heard that it happens to boat owners. Our Buyers Agent, Richard Jordan, mentioned that boatyards are places where dreams go to die. Wow, that's sad. We didn't want that to happen to us! We made a list of the critical safety and operational items we needed to finish before we left, and found that we had completed them. Whoo-Hoo! We could go boating...
