Progress in a curved line

We've been busy again, and that's always something unusual and sometimes not completely planned.  We have been going round and round about our cloth couch. It sits on the driver's side opposite our big leather couch that turns into a queen bed.  We wanted something different, thought maybe another couch, maybe a loveseat with a table, or.......what we ended up with.  A Stressless chair with a cherry filing cabinet that we had in storage.  And we are very happy with the arrangement!

Out with the couch.

In with the chair

It matches our very beautiful plywood floor, don't you think?

We've also been going back and forth on a boat as you know.  We've run the gauntlet from inflatables, Kaboats, kayaks, etc., with and without an outboard motor.  As our Alaska trip nears we have been thinking about a boat even more.  We took a 16' plastic canoe to Alaska the last time we went, and used it quite a bit, way more in the beginning of the trip than towards the end as it weighed 84#!  And I'll tell you that 84# got heavier and heavier as time went on.  It got to the point when we saw a beautiful lake, we'd look at each other and just shake our heads, no way are we struggling to get that off the roof and back on.  So one of the things that we've been looking at is a kevlar canoe.  Very tough, very light, but very expensive.  I've been scouring Craig's list and a used canoe popped up over in Melbourne.  For those of you that don't know that is all the way across the state, 200 miles away.  But it sounded promising and the price sounded pretty good.  I conversed with the seller a few times, he and his wife are in their mid 80's and have decided to downsize a bit and get rid of one of their two canoes:-)  He bought this canoe new and has had it for 12 years.  It is a Souris River, a very well respected kevlar canoe, so over we went to take a look, liked it, negotiated a great price, and the best part of all, it's a 17' canoe that weighs just 40#!  Absolutely amazing!  So now we have a new to us boat.  A little beat up, but in great shape, and will be perfect for our trip.

Our new yacht

Pretty nice shape!

We are looking for some paddles right now and hope to launch it in a few days.