After much deliberation, we sold Morning Star. We owned and loved her for almost sixteen years but it was time for a new adventure. Our friends Mike and Dotty had a sister ship of our boat that was lost in Hurricane Irma. We had lunch together one day and before the afternoon was over, they bought our girl.
We closed on Friday and yesterday bought a diesel Mercedes Sprinter camper van. Thinking old hippie van? That's not it. Maybe it's a van for a couple of old hippies but we have a tidy galley with a two-burner propane stove, a refrigerator and freezer, and a microwave/convection oven. There's a small bathroom, known as a "wet bath" because the shower isn't separate. In the back is a Hi-Def TV, Blue Ray player and a couch that converts to two twin beds. There is a generator, air conditioning and propane furnace and even a small solar panel on the roof. Pretty comfortable.
It's definitely a traveling machine, not the kind of thing you drive to Florida to stay for the winter. Our intention is to spend the summers at home in Maine and travel in the van in the winter. But for now, we are still moving in. You can't fit the contents of a 36' boat into a 22' van so we are packing, arranging, re-arranging, and unpacking. We will get figured out eventually. The stuff that doesn't fit will go back to Maine.
We will be driving our Honda CRV back to Maine after Christmas. In the mean time, There's lots of new stuff to learn and lots to do.I guess we need a different photo for the opening page. I better get to work!
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