It is so close now just about to put her into the water for the first time in over a year. I have worked so hard in the last four days to make sure everything is working and ready for a one thousand mile trip. I feel she will get me to Galveston safe and sound in about twelve days or so I have been watching the weather and it looks like I will have favorable winds for the next few days so I really hope I can put a few hundred miles away that would be nice. The only time frame that I need to keep is I have to get back to Albuquerque before the end of the month to get all of my things out of the house from there it is all open to where I want to go.
I spent the first night on the boat in the water and I can tell you this Chasing Sunsets is ready to go she felt the water and has just come to life I can tell she is so happy to be in the water after such a long dry spell. I don't know if it was me or her but I could tell she was telling me "Lets Go!!!!!" I am all clean and full of fuel and water and food we have everything we need say good bye to your new friends and get your things. So tomorrow is the big day we will cast off the dock lines and head for the open sea.
I will be leaving for the gulf around six in the morning at high tide it will take me about three hours to get out to open water and can't wait to see just what she can do, how she will feel in the wind headed for open water. I don't know how much I will be able to write in the next few days but I will try. Six comes very early around here so I had better head for bed.