Hey Mates, it's the middle of October and "Crikey" we are busy. Under the threat of severe storm warnings here in the Portland area Jean and I just loaded 1500 lbs of gear on a pallet bound for the Caribbean. The Oregon coast was battered with Hurracane force winds wednesday night and we were really lucky not to have been cought in the middle of that one.
Part of the challenge is the lead time to get things to the islands. It will take 35 days for our pallet to reach St Thomas.
Using a local shipping agent we had our items loaded on a pallet and shrink wrapped in record time to avoid the coming deluge. Good thing we own a boat. Luck being on our side we made the shipping deadline with hours to spare and breath a heavy sigh of relief that all that packing is done.
It is quite a battle to decide what to take and what to leave behind when your planning on travelling for 3 years. Then there is all the stuff we collected over the past 10 years. You just would not believe the things we have put out front of the house for free.
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