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Greetings Gentle Readers,

I'm about to turn the lights out here at Fortunes Afloat.

It's a sad day, but we are no longer "afloat" and life is turning in a different direction for us.

I want to thank all of you who have read our blog over the years and commented on our adventures. It's comforting to know that we have so many friends out there in blogland. Although our next project might seem boring compared to the last four years, we hope you will make the jump to our new blog and join us as we remodel an old house here in our home town. If you would like to follow us, please send me your email address so I can send you the new blog address. Send it to fortunesafloat@gmail.com.

Thank you so much for your friendship through the years,
Laura and Malcolm

Living On Land

Here's a map showing our route from Annapolis to Stockton. We drove 3396 miles, it took us eleven days, and we had an awful lot of fun. I just wish we could have taken longer and visited more places.

So now we're back on land, biding our time, trying to figure out what to do about housing. We are going to the Sailing Club regularly, enjoying California's beautiful (read no hurricanes) weather, and getting our bearings again.

We are temporarily living in my mother in law's house, but since the bank will be foreclosing, that's just until the Sheriff tacks a notice on the door saying we need to vacate the premises.

Yes, we are squatters.

But very comfortable squatters because the house is in good condition and we have nice furniture to use. There's unlimited water from the taps, electricity we don't have to monitor, a washer and dryer, finally a walk-around queen bed, and all the modcons. We've placed familiar things around, put our dishes in the cupboards, and hung our pictures on the walls. My brother is living with us too and it's been fun having him around.

It's all very nice, but I'm having a little trouble with the size of the kitchen! It's too big! I actually have to take several steps to create a meal! Maybe that's a good thing though; I certainly could use the exercise because living on land is so sedentary.

What we need is a new project, don't you think?