2/12/10 - In Seattle

OK, Its February 12, 2010 and we think the boat deal closed today. Our "Looper" is a 1979 45' C&L Sea Ranger. We're not sure of lots of stuff including whether the boat is named the Rain City or the Steelhead. Oh well! Right now we are feeling very unsure that we understand what we have to do to get out of Seattle and whether we are really mentally prepared to be gone for a year. Of course there are always airplanes if we need a break from the boat.

Today we made arrangements for our cell phones and internet on the boat with Verizon. We will cancel our land line at home and we got Linda a new Verizon phone to replace her T-mobile phone (which will be cancelled). We also bought a Verizon "Mifi" which connects to their broadband wireless network and produces a small hot spot for other devices to connect to.

The boat needs lots of work (50 projects identified so far) and we will have less than a month to do the critical ones so we can head out in early April.

Sixteen days until we leave Seattle for St Pete. Still much to do