FIVE DAYS AND COUNTING!

SHIP'S LOG:

Stuff is going back into ABISHAG at last. All the stuff (or at least most of it) that was still present has all been moved to permanent locations around the interior, locations selected with an eye to item usefulness and need for ease of access. The new stuff is basically clothes and shoes. I quite surprised myself that I had room for everything I brought. I expected that I would run out of space and have to take a number of items back for storage or disposal but there was plenty of room. In fact, I will be bring a few more items that I left out - cold weather clothes - which look as though, with the ever-lengthening of the time before departure, they might come in useful.

Friday will see the arrival of the remaining tools, books - for pleasure and reference, and assorted odds and ends, many of which I am not sure I will need but am taking anyway. After all there are trash cans everywhere in the event that their usefulness comes into question.

Saturday will see the fueling of the boat - diesel and propane, the final tuning of the rig, and the completion of a dozen or so simple projects.

Sunday will see the last of the items necessary for the trip, as well as food and water coming abroad and stored.

And Monday, well Monday will see the installation of the holding tank for the aft head. A delay in its arrival has forced this delay but all departure plans are arbitrary and flexible. I expect that the the day will be consumed with the installation and "the testing," with makes departure Tuesday Morning - weather permitting.

So Tuesday should be it.

MASTER'S PERSONAL LOG:

I feel strangely peaceful about the coming departure, and that's saying something considering finances and the never ending projects list. The boat is ready though not perfect. Money is tight. The weather is getting a little bit iffy. And I have never done anything quite like this. This time God's got the plan and I'm just trying to follow it.