We're Homeless

We closed on the house yesterday and now we are homeless. So what happens on our first day on the boat, pouring rain!! We are sitting at Val's house drying out. Tomorrow we will put the car and truck in storage. Depending on time, we may get out of here Sunday or Monday. While in the Sault yesterday we visited a few stores and couldn't think or find anything else that we could stuff into the boat. Even the cat has found her hiding places have gotten fewer and smaller. Oh well we heard there are stores in different parts of the country where we will be traveling.

Dealing with tax issues in a foreign country can be trying. The Canadian tax man has taken a rather healthy share of our proceeds with the promise of getting about half of it back in a couple of months, with the remainder back in a year! Of course, there will be no interest paid on the funds. Oh well, it is only money, we can always make more. That reminds me, I need printer ink.

It does look like that we will have a favorable weather window for the next few days. Hopefully this will allow us to get down to Charlevoix right away. The sooner to Chicago, the happier we will be.


We had a nice gathering last night in Thessalon. Val Netherton made her world famous pasties and Dave Mann made one of his infamous desserts.This was a last visit in the north land with with many of our sailing friends. Class Act, EZ Baby, Scampi, and new friends Outward Bound, arrived by boat, Kahlua III, Dunn Over, Gang 'awa, and Danny's Fault all arrived by car. No sense paying for dockage when Thessalon is only 10 miles down the road.


Rob and Jude