Who will watch the dog? Who will watch the mail? Who will watch the house? Well, thank goodness for Tuala and Mike and their kids who happily are doing all this for us while we gone. They love Port Costa plus the Bull Valley Roadhouse and the Burlington Hotel are all better because of Tuala's business skills and Mike's electrician and artisan skills! And we have very happy dog given that she gets all the biscuits she wants along with lots of love.
Port Costa, CA - the best place to come home to!
Then there's Tom's business @ List Marine in Sausalito. In 2010-2011, he left it in the capable hands of Hans and Jessica and Bill and Dominic while we went sailing. But this time, Tom really left it! Hans is now officially running the shop and Tom will only be back when they want him to do a project or two! Huge excitement all around!
Brother Bill List agreed to watch over the rental houses and be the first line of contact for the tenants in case anything went wrong.
Suzanne had just a few things to tie up before leaving -- for example, a notice of vacancy gave her 15 days to find new tenants for one of our rental properties (happily done in 5 days!), facilitating 2+ weeks of Career Transition Workshops for Lee Hecht Harrison, and purchasing favorite provisions for the boat that were impossible to find in Mexico - like Trader Joe's peanut butter and whole grain pasta.
And then there was saying good-bye to the family and grandkids before leaving. That was probably the hardest. But holiday cheer and sharing meals and celebrating our great family gives meaning to the saying "go away slow and come back fast".
Just a little about us.
Both of us had thousands of miles of sailing experience before we were married, but it took us 15 years to manage to find the right boat and right time to take a few months to go cruising together in 2010/2011. Our plan had been to come back to sail again last year when an interesting work opportunity arose for Suzanne.
So we are in December of 2012 and here we are at the Marina Seca in San Carlos, Mexico to spend a few months getting ready to get away on our sailboat - Begone!
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