Well we made it to Mexico after 1.5 years! Getting out the door was completely crazy! We were waiting for our truck to be fixed and it wasn’t done until the day before we planned to leave for Parksville, where we were leaving the truck and camper.
We scrambled to get up to our container and drop things off and pick up our suitcases so we could pack.We loaded up the camper and somehow made the Ferry ( or maybe we missed it?? who knows it was a blur).
The camper was for sale but hadn’t sold before leaving. Well… wouldn’t you know it,a couple called when we got to Parksville and decided to buy it!We we’re there a couple of days before our flight- but, that happened the day before! Here we go again! Buying containers to get everything off the camper, ( I did some of it before thank goodness) . We did it ! We were leaving at the ungodly hour of 4:00am the next morning ( of course we were) Are you seeing a pattern here!!!
Oh yeah and meanwhile we bought our summer boat and needed to deal with the final sale stuff for that.
Arriving in Mexico felt so good 😊!
We got to the boat, we were so happy to see her again!
It’s been a week and can I say “holy hot” now I know, that’s not fair if your in the drizzle, but even the locals have commented on the humidity. It makes it very hard to get much done- oh and yes… there’s very much to be done.Some things we expected and knew we would have to fix them, then there’s all the other fixes. As far as the electrical and mechanical things that’s all Cam! ( sorry Cam) I’m working on the inside ( musty city!) . Well, everything smells like it’s been closed up in a damp boat for years.
We were so fortunate that our friend Andy lent us a portable air conditioner, our built in one was drowned in some water. Andy kindly has lent us a motor for the dingy as well, ours also sat in water in the float and is ruined totally corroded. We just bought it new, that was terribly disappointing.
We will make our way through it all, Cam will have the brunt of the work, I’ll be there to help. It will be slow going in the heat. Staying in a marina until we can get out to the anchorage.
We also need all new batteries- they were new in Sicily but not installed properly in the first place. Cam is coming across so many things that were not done properly- lot of short cuts which are now coming to haunt us.Without these things we can’t move the boat.
One day at a time! It’s not all roses in the cruising world, but there’s some fabulous times that make it all go away.Beer helps too lol!
A little bit about Covid here; people are very conscientious, everyone wears their masks, hand cleaning and temperatures are taken. It feels as safe as home.
That’s enough wining for now!! Truly we are fine!
Oh and if anyone has hints to get rid of musty smells let me know!!
Stay well and safe!!
Cam and Vikki