A False Summit

My energy was mostly back today so continued on with my cleaning and tackled the galley. In addition to cleaning, I tried to come up with ways to lash items down so they don’t go flying off shelves and counters while we are under way. Mike spent a frustrating day stringing cable lines for the new electronics. When they built this boat they must have installed all of the wiring and then built everything around it, tightly. Because there isn’t a lot of room to add new cables/wires or get them where you want them. After a lot of sweat and swearing, Mike had success with getting the radar cable from the cockpit, to the navigation station, through the bilge and engine room and up to the mizzen mast! Good work Krausser!

My views of Mike today...

And I have to share that there has been a feeling of stress in the air since getting in the water. Mike described our feelings well, “It feels like we have reached a false summit.”. You climb and climb and tell yourself ‘only a few more steps’ and by the time you think you can’t take another breathe you make it! But then only to realize that you haven’t, you can see the true summit in the distance and it is going to a lot more energy to reach it. And you don’t have time to sit down and take a break. At least our path to the true summit isn’t as long or as steep as before. And friends await us at the top! We just have to keep putting one foot in front of the other until we make it out of this marina.
And in celebration of our friend’s Heidi and Aaron wedding, we made a nice dinner and gave a toast to their love and happiness! Happy Wedding Day Heidi and Aaron!