Day 2 at the Cabin

Things to do and places to be

We had a very peaceful night in our new get-a-way cabin. The dogs let us sleep in until 6:30 when Tina got up to give them a walk. It was another stunning day with blue sky's and sunshine and temperatures that promised to make it into the mid 60's.

Three of the four horses grazing in the front pasture

Once I got up and had breakfast Tina had made it back after her walk about the property taking advantage of the lighting to to snap a few early morning photo's. These are the days when it's hard to understand why anybody would move away! But tomorrow promises to be less nice with two or three days of rain and cold temperatures to follow. A subtle reminder of why we relocated to Naples.

We went up to the house around 11am to meet our realtor, Leanne Finlay and to get an idea of what needs to be done. After a full walk through of the house we went outside and covered all the details of the exterior then waled the rest of the property to talk about a few cleanup details. All in all we spent a couple of hours with Leanne making notes and us nodding our heads and making plans for tomorrow.

Shot of Mt Rainier as we head to Southcenter Mall

Once we were done it was time to take Emma home so we headed for the Ferry to make a run to Southcenter where we would meet Marni for the transfer. Fortunately we met at Starbucks so we had a Seattle favorite and visited for a while before they headed home.

Since we were next to a Target, we made a quick stop for a few items then headed for the freeway and the trip back to the island. By this time it's 5pm, so once across we stop at PayLess in Freeland to pick up dinner fixins and head to the cabin. Six o'clock and the dogs are fed, we're out on the deck having dinner and watching the ships go by out in middle of the sound on their way to and from Seattle or Tacoma. Bulk carriers, container ships tugs with barges, pleasure boats and large fishing boats all seen in the space of an hour or so.

A bulk freighter headed for Seattle

After cleaning up and taking the dogs for a walk we pretty much call it a night. I finally figured out I could configure my phone as a personal WiFi "hotspot" so I could connect to the web and get the blogs done and photos up. Completed everything just in time to watch Cosmos then it was off to bed.

Tomorrow we'll go up to the house and make our lists, prioritize what needs to be done and start contacting the various contractors necessary to get everything done.

Stay tuned!