Saturday, 14 May 2022: Green Bay

 Some sense of normalcy promises to return. 

The Packer schedule is out for next season.  Now we just need to decide which games we will attend.  Season opener in Minneapolis?  Home opener agaisnt the Bears?  Christmas Day in MIami?  Wish we could figure out a way to go to London!

We unpack a couple of boxes each day.  I’m trying to touch items only once; trying to put things in their place rather than needing to visit with them yet again to put them in their new home.  When we were unpacking the truck, we found the LeCruset on top of a lampshade!  AARGH!  I remember when my mother moved to Cairo and they'd packed Waterford in with cast iron.  Well, LeCruset with a lampshade makes no more sense!  

 Meanwhile, the gardens call.  Sure I know Justin has put more than twenty years into developing these grounds but, today, with just a modicum of TLC, they are popping!  Daffodils, tulips, hastas and bleeding hearts are bursting while the peonies and poppies are at the ready.  He got the planters prepped yesterday and he’s talking about tilling the vegetable garden next.  I’ve encouraged him to let go of that...except for tomatoes!  It’s not that I don’t enjoy the fruits of the labor, I just think it is too much labor.  He wants to spend time on boats and that seems to always get bumped by gardens and other events.  

Speaking of boats(1): I looked out toward the river and noticed something was missing... "Justin, your canoe is gone!"  We had had a bit of a storm last night and thankfully the canoe had just toppled over and had not floated away -- that was scary.   

   

   

Meanwhile, speaking of boats (2), we got the Cruisers out of winter storage last week.  Mark Neata needs to do his magic to “summerize” to ensure the engine is ready.  We’re looking at the Rack ‘n Roll option at the Boat Yard for easy access.  We’ve got our slip at Chadour’s Dock as well.  Jordan and Justin talk endlessly about getting a dock on the property so something will happen there too.  Lots of options.

And, on the other boating front (3), Steven has a new boat in Valdez Alaska.  One plan is that we drive the Suburban to the northwest, then take the ferry to Valdez, then sail/motor down to Oregon to store the boat.  Steven would sell the Suburban there as we set out on our “repositioning cruise”. The trip would take about three weeks and the timing looks like it would be around solstice.  All this means I’d get my Alaskan cruise!  Of course, this plan could totally deconstruct at any moment but it’s fun to plan, and to dream (while I am unpacking a box).  

Colleen came over this morning while we were having brunch out on the deck.  We had a nice visit with her and we ended up getting four tomato plants that she’d started from seed.  Later in the afternoon Ric stopped by.  He tested positive for Covid early in the week so thankfully he’s past his quarantine period.  Will we ever truly be past this pandemic?