A dog, a skunk, and my car...

The summer Maine adventure has begun!  We left home finally on Wednesday with plans to visit two couples we know along the way.  Our first visit was wonderful, a nice visit, and great dinner.  Our second visit was wonderful, a nice visit, and great dinner....until time for one friend and her dog to leave.  Seems that the dog spooked a skunk that just happened to be under our car.  Yes, the damned skunk sprayed the undercarriage of the car! pewwwwww!!!!!!  It's been almost 24 hours and the scent is lessened but it is definitely still there.

But we've made it to Maine.  My stomach was in knots as we arrived at the boat yard, afraid of what we'd find.  BUT!  Almost no mildew!!!!!  Something in our determination in putting out 3 types of desiccants, drying out the bilge, making sure we no leaks at the hull to deck joint, and requesting larger ventilation holes in the shrink wrap must have worked. What a relief.

Now we have to finish moving in, do our provisioning, check the instruments, etc on Latitudes.  It will be at least a week before we get in the water.  So near but so far...the view of Rockland harbor from our high elevation on Latitudes in the boatyard...

But we'll get there!