The lap of luxury

San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico

I am sitting here on our king-size bed in our air conditioned room, watching the 5th game in the baseball world series, contemplating a beautiful view out the window over the bay of San Carlos.  How is this possible you may ask.

After a week of slaving away, scrubbing the decks and polishing the stainless steel, etc., we have scheduled a haul-out for the boat tomorrow morning. With any luck, over the next couple of weeks, the bottom of the boat will be stripped, epoxied and painted, a brand-new stainless steel rail will replace our aging life lines and the hull will be polished to a high gloss shine (or as close as it is possible to get an old boat like ours).  Meanwhile, in a couple of days we will be making our way north to Edmonton, via a local bus from San Carlos to the city of Guaymas, an 8 hour bus ride to the US border and on to Phoenix in Arizona, overnight somewhere in Phoenix, then on a plane to Edmonton (via Denver this time).  Two days to do what would be a simple 4 hour flight if we were in Mazatlan like last year - isn't life grand?

Thus, we have treated ourselves to a nice hotel room, right here at the marina, for the couple of days between getting the boat out of the water and starting our trek into winter.  We are trying to remember the last time we wore shoes or long pants, let alone a jacket.  I'm sure we will be fine - we are still Canadians at heart.

 

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