trip update

[Grizz]

been enjoying small town America. best places to dwell or dally are the ones farthest from starbucks and panera.

a man could spend an entire lifetime exploring the Snake, Columbia, and Willamette Rivers. tempting to know I could continue upstream to Lewiston. I really really want to make that trip, but don't have the time for it this year. imagine skiing to the boat from the post office where you picked up a care package.,

yesterday I finally untied miss 350 and let her taste the big muddy Columbia for time under my guidance. boy was she happy. just went east a couple of miles doing boat handling familiarization drills and working on the engine break-in. took my shirt off and alarmed truckers whizzing by in the interstate. it was hot. did I mention that it was Hot, and more of that crazy wx tomorrow I guess. Sheesh.

since getting I installed the engine. NBD, it's an outboard in a well.
I installed a 24 mile radar which works and amused me displaying passing trains that cruise by abt a hundred yards from the boat.
I installed an autopilot that should do around 99.59% of the tiller work, permitting me to keep a sharp lookout and strategerize the obstackle course.
I installed a 140W solar panel that will help keep the battery alive.
More wiring to do before those last items go onlive live.

Hopefully tomorrow I will seatrial the autopilot. after that I will start making punch lists for the final ToDo push to ToDid. then its downstream through three dams to the salty 78% of the globe. or plate if you believe in a flat earth.

then routing decisions when I have a better idea of fuel consumption and agerage dailey runs. until then it's pick pick pick away at the mountain of things to do.

blessings to All of Y'all. I wll try to post when the actual journey, the next phase of the actual journey, which is really all just only one journey . . . , oh well CUL

[Blaine]

Sounds like a find adventure....Enjoy

[JerryB]

Been looking forward to a report from you. Reckon you have been a little busy. Thanks for taking the timeout to write.

[Griff]

Send up some youtube videos and get folks to donate to you... like all those other yachters... Surely someone is interested in sailing around the PNW!

[Chuck 100 yd]

have fun.,