Getting excited about cruising

Two weeks before we pack the car and head up to Anacortes, WA to get Emerald Star in the water and begin our summer travels.  It is still amazing how much we take in the car back and forth to the boat.  I guess I can never pack lightly.  It will be nice to get those boxes out of the living room.  Fred is stocking up on oil, oil filters and zincs, etc.  The things we really need.  I, however, pack all those things I know we can't live without.  You know, clothes and shoes, etc. 

We had a lovely Easter with our family and said good-by until the fall. 

My sister Ann with her grandchildren, Grace and Conor

My daughter, Heather, and I

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