Deidre has been walking for 4 weeks now and is doing well.She still has pain and she still tends to favor her left leg. She started physical therapy last week and likes the lady ("She says my name correctly") and feels that she will make progress improving her gait with this attention. But, other than walking long distances she is able to function pretty well.
Based upon that progress we have decided not to exercise our option for another month n the house and plan to move back on Tide Hiker in a week or so. Unfortunately we have not been able to find a new slip at the IOP/Wold Dunes marina and so need to move. Casual 50' slips are not easy to find these days so this weekend we signed a 6 month lease for a slip at Patriots Point. This is a resort facility with a fancy hotel, pool, golf course and etc and the slip will cost us $850 a month - ouch!
We are now starting to put Tide Hiker back together and cleaning up my mess. The sanding and varnishing in the salon is basically complete and looks great. The carpet arrived yesterday (actually we had to borrow Ryan's truck and go pick it up) and the new carpet looks fine in the Salon, Master State Room, Vee Berth and the vestibule at the bottom of the forward stairway.
Today I finally placed an order for the new "L" shaped couch for the salon, but that will take 6 to 8 weeks to arrive. But now that the order is in place and the color finalized we can start the process of selecting the fabric we will use to recover the 8 vertical blind valances. We want to get this done before we vacate the house as we will need a bench and some room.
I have asked for Ryan to loan us his back and his truck tomorrow so we can carry the refinished "office desk" back to Tide Hiker. That will be installed on the starboard wall of the salon - previously it was attached to the aft wall of the salon. And tomorrow I will start reinstalling the galley cabinet doors that I have refinished in the garage here. That should be rewarding.
We plan to move Tide hiker to her new home over the weekend, subject to weather and tides. Summer arrived yesterday, right on time. It was sunny, 90 degrees with 90 humidity.
I test started the engines and navigation etc on Friday and I was delighted that after 3 months rest both engines fired up instantly.
Monday June 6, 2016
Tide Hiker is now reasonably spic and span and ready for us to move back on board. We now have 5 of the 8 window valances ready to mount, 3 to go. We did not move Tide Hiker this weekend as the weather was a bit ugly.
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| Putting the desk back together |
June 7, 2016
Big news today - we received notification that our Immigration interview is scheduled for June 28th. That was fast! The window valances are now ready to mount! We hope to move Tide Hiker tomorrow.
We got to boy-sit today!
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