My wish is to spend some time showing them the places that I love and things I love to do while I still am able so I took the two of them camping to Mt. Rainier National Park.
In the true tradition of camping, we forgot one vital part to the propane camp stove and so we got to practice cooking over an open fire (in reality the lady in the next campsite offered her stove but it was too good of a chance to pass up for teaching the boys how to make do). The evening ended with traditional smores.
We always look forward to the arrival of our children and grandchildren but once they leave we get back to enjoying our quiet life.
We are currently prepping for our second haul-out since we have owned Salish Aire. During the first haul we got concerned about the Naiad stabilizers. There is some question as to if the bearing grease is still protecting the bearings and if they have gotten water into them at some point. Once the project is complete, I will write up what we have learned. So far we have gotten a box of parts from Naiad that set us back about $3000, I have cleaned and serviced the hydraulic fluid reservoir, replaced seals in the hydraulic pump, and replaced the leaking shaft seals on the hydraulic cylinders. Once we are out of the water we will pull the main bearings and seals.
Clarice was given the news that after 6 weeks of not bearing weight on her broken foot, it was worse rather than better so she is to stay off it another 4 weeks. She is NOT a "happy camper". She has purchased an IWalk hands free crutch that makes getting around much easier (I am NOT allowed to call it a "peg leg", and she refuses to wear an eye patch and parrot). She did demonstrate that she can climb a ladder so we are moving ahead with our plans to live aboard Salish Aire while she is on the hard.
I hope to post only good news about our time out of the water but we are crossing our fingers on that one.
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