Monday, August 6, 2007

Road Trip Hurdle #1

It’s Monday morning, August 6. We are heading to California this week. Last night we had planned to finish packing up in Newport and head to Old Lyme to see my parents before the long road trip. We raced BBR in a Vanguard 15 this weekend, so we were tying up 470 masts and hooking up the trailer pretty late in the evening. When we did the requisite lights check on the 470 trailer, we discovered problems. After an hour or so of fiddling and fretting, we aborted the mission for the night and headed back to the Freedom House to sleep and wait for daylight.
Casey just woke up. We feel better about tackling the trailer lights now, and safer driving if they remain compromised. After three days of hiking on a V15 and duking it out with college kids, we needed some rest to handle the Land Cruiser laden with one boat on top, one boat in tow, and four masts strapped to either side. (We’ll show you a picture later.)
We have lots to write, but it will have to wait because it’s time to hit the road.

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