Not one boat show but TWO! They totally should give out a t-shirt at the end that says "I survived the boat shows!" What a circus! Literally, everything arrives on trailers, is unloaded, sorted and shuffled around, and abracadabra-poof!! There is a show! (no lions and tigers mind you) It is quite amazing, when you think of it, how quickly these complex operations materialize. And then, they morph from one flavor to another in TWO DAYS!

We worked a total of 17 days, many at or above 10 hours. During those days we had a chance to meet and share stories with other show staff. To my surprise the crew was not all cruisers as I had expected. Here I am, living within my own little world, assuming that only boaters would staff a boat show. But no, there were folks from all sorts of trades and backgrounds joined together on this team. When I'd ask, it seemed to be consistent with most, that at this point they just needed work. Any work. And so, the circus came to town to help us all!


Setting up tents!


Madness!

For the next few days Maxwell and I will just enjoy being aboard Anastasia. We've been using and abusing her for too long and it is time for some R&R. After that we will begin our path south once more with a quick stop in our home waters for provisioning and other last minute errands.