Railing against the weather

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Tomorrow we are off to Cuba.  The beaches of Varadero to be more specific.
For two whole weeks we will miss scenes like this...

I may actually miss this scene.

In reality we will not be in Cuba tomorrow as we first have to make our way to Calgary, about 300 kms south - our travels are never that straight-forward!  For some reason it was impossible to find a last minute flight out of Edmonton.  We will be travelling with our good friends Russ and Val, who will be providing the ground transportation for this leg of the journey.  We will hole up in some flea-bitten airport hotel for the night before boarding an early morning flight to Varadero.  Of course, on the way back we will have to reverse this whole procedure.  Oh well, at least we will be going somewhere, doing something other than sitting around watching TV and playing computer games.

Meanwhile, down in San Carlos, one of our boat projects has made some headway (No, not the still-drying bottom).  Before leaving for Canada, we had contracted a welder to replace our ailing lifelines with some solid stainless-steel rails - better for safety and mounting of things like more solar panels.

This project is now complete.  From what we can tell from the pictures, it looks good.  So, some progress is being made!

With any luck, this is where we will be in about two days...

 

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