Small Wins [T minus 4 days]

It is fairly obvious to me that we are not ready, nor can be, ready to leave on Saturday. Sid is not ready to admit that...yet.

The keel problem is real, logistics make it difficult to solve, but it will need to be remedied before the boat goes in the water again. After many calls to local marinas, boat shops, engineer friends, and perhaps some soul searching with the pup (OK, I made up that last part) the most likely help is actually a Topeka shop. That's a small win, though we don't know if they will actually be able to do the work yet. 

Meanwhile, other things keep moving forward. Enrique, (neighbor young man) did more sanding on the wood trim and helped with some other items where a 2nd set of hands made things go better. One of those was getting the grill mount installed.

So, we learned that it is true that pizza can be grilled. Doesn't need to be at as high a heat or for as long as the internet says, but it worked! It was even frozen pizza!

From the look on Sid's face, maybe it didn't really taste all that good. 😂 

Or maybe it's the list of things still to be done:

• A few sewing projects not yet finished
• More practice stepping the mast hasn't happened yet (for several reasons, but a primary one is that the pin that attaches the mast to the boat is missing) 
• The box with the names of what each switch now controls is also missing
• We haven't even opened the package, let alone tested, the inflatable life boat
• We haven't had an overnight on the boat in the yard, let alone on a local lake
• The solar panel installation (where/how) isn't yet figured out

I think we need a few more days, but I'll take the small win of grilled pizza!