Out...

Not sure what you're expecting with that title?  Wild Blue is out of the water, bottom cleaned, and placed on her trailer.

Every day starts out better with an Izzy image: she knows something is up today...

Here is the reason we are heading out...

No, we have nothing against trees.  But, these trees are turning colors.  Last year, we followed the fall colors as they moved south.  Since we are heading to Arizona, that probably isn't going to happen much... but, the colors (and the cold nights) are Nature's way of telling us to follow the birds.

We started the work day by getting the truck and trailer down to boat yard.  It was a mile and a half walk back to the marina...

Yes, we stopped for coffee and a donut (OK, I had a Diet Pepsi) along the way.  A few last minute things with Wild Blue, and we headed out of this marina and down to Marine Services.  We were 15 minutes early, and they went right to work on us.  It takes a while to position the Travel Lift, but things went fast from there.  I'll let the photos tell the story...

The whole process took about an hour.  They were fast and thorough - I was impressed that it all went just like they said it would.  Beth was the Travel Lift operator and the over-seer of the project... and my new best friend.

We strapped Wild Blue down to the trailer and headed for the RV park where we had already paid for a site.  The park is not overly occupied, and we are in a row pretty much by ourselves.  I thought that might be so they could show us off... or maybe they were concerned about the boat riff-raff? ;-)  As we pulled in, I saw a guy with a Teton Homes 5th wheel in the next row give us the "once over"... he looked as though he smelled something bad.  We smiled and waved.

There is a LOT to get done before we hit the road in the morning.  Frankly, road-mode isn't as much fun as water mode with the boat... but, it does allow us to get to the next fun water place.