Ready to roll out

We picked up and immediately spray-disinfected a Hyundai Tucson medium sized SUV at Enterprise today before we even got into it and spent some time getting to know its quirks before beginning to pack it.  It quickly became obvious that the storage containers in which we had packed loose items we reducing the packing density of the cubic space available.  So we pulled several of them and emptied the contents into smaller bags which could be stuffed into corners and spaces between other stuff.  With all that stuff in the vehicle, it should ride quietly!  So now it is RainX'd and ready to roll early tomorrow morning.

News from Norfolk is that the pre-underway checklist of forty two items I gave Chip and Glen is only four items short of being complete.  We are all happy that Glen went along with Chip to help sort out snags as they were encountered.  The John Deere technician is supposed to be there tomorrow to bless the main engine.  The weather has been too sour there to get underway, and we are now thinking Thursday will be a good day for it when Mary and I can be there to run it out into Chesapeake Bay at full cruising RPM.  Chip is now thinking that he, his two kids, and Glen may be able to head home to Madison, FL on Friday if we are happy with everything.  Suits me to a tee.  Since they are all living aboard the boat, he may have us stay in a motel on Wednesday night and plan to sleep aboard beginning Thursday, but he hasn't made up his mind yet.  At any rate, if we end up in a motel, we will unload the SUV onto the boat except for what we need that night.