Transportation

So Kendra and I were walking to our hotel - we are in a hotel because our boat is in the ship yard getting worked on. -so we are walking with our backpacks full of whatever we can carry, and we pass by this boat parts resale shop. Since we don't really have anything to do until we get our boat back in the water (about 3 days), we walk in, hot and tired, and lo and behold, there are these two fold-up bikes sitting there -brand name Dahon Helios.We had been eyeing a brand that they sell at West Marine, but these were way nicer, with 9 speeds and they fold up into the size of a small suitcase. And being at a resale shop, they were a good price- so we bought both of them. So now we have been riding around Kemah on our little fold-up bikes with our backpacks - and we could not be more delighted! We get a few looks because the bikes look a little funny - I almost feel like a Shriner on on of those little-bitty bikes they ride around on in parades. But these are actually pretty good bikes and now we have ground transportation. Yeah!

Bottom Job

Had the boat pulled out of the water today... gonna get it a new bottom job and, come to find out, replace the bearing that holds the propeller shaft in place. Here is what is looks like now.

And We're off!

So we are finally on our way... we have been living on Helm's Deep for about 10 days now and it seems that we are even more excited about our trip than when we began. Every day we are experiencing or learning something new. There is no doubt that we are making memories- the kind that last.

My (Matt's) parents drove us down to N. Padre on the first of Oct. with all of our remaining "boat" items loaded up in the back of my brother's truck.