Like a rented mule...

Our cruises are done, but there is a LOT of work to be finished before the marina is truly closed. The marina store has been mostly emptied, merchandise moved to other retail outlets. Kayaks and canoes have been pulled out, cleaned, and stacked. All the outboard motors from our rentals have been winterized. One of the cruise boats has been pulled out of the water and moved to temporary storage. Oil and transmission fluids have been pulled for samples to be tested. Safety equipment removed and put into storage. Whew! No wonder I am dog tired at the end of this day.

There is some more work to be done to the cruise boats tomorrow, and I am done. Joan will be finishing inventory tomorrow, and she will be done. My hope for "time off for good behavior" is coming to pass.

I had my end of season reviews today (went well), and we should be ready for check out on Wednesday. We'll plan to hit the road as soon as possible after that. Getting out of our site here is going to be interesting - there is a great deal of construction going on, all around us; some mornings, we have trouble getting just our truck around the piles of gravel and barricades... yep, should be interesting.

The manager asked if we could get a photo with the captain crew today... so, amongst all the work, we put on our white shirts for a crew photo...


There was a brief discussion of "where and how" for the photo; they deferred to my suggestion of "something more interesting than 4 guys standing in a row." Yeah, we did it the "traditional" way, too. Joan was very gracious, taking time away from her work to get this shot for us.

So, another day or two of being worked like the title, and we will be slowly heading for home.