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We named our last post "Back to the boat, but not for long.     We meant then that we were going back to Arkansas for six weeks for visits, business and doctor appointments.  We didn't know we were going to give up on our boating adventure altogether.  But we have.

We began to realize that we would just as soon do other things as continue boating north.  So we agreed to try to sell the boat and if she didn't sell by the time we came back from Arkansas, we would go on north, showing her to potential buyers as needed.

So I listed her on sailboatlistings.com and craigslist in Savannah and Charleston.  For three days, no calls.  Then we got four calls in four days and all inquirers came to see her.  Two made offers on her.  We ended up selling to the first couple.  They completed the sale after visiting her twice, having a diver clean and check her bottom, having a survey done and then a sea trial.   The surveyor found some things to be corrected, but not enough to daunt the buyers.    They completed the purchase today.

Two others have inquired about her since the sale.  

We think we got about the right price for her, but it is possible we could have gotten more if we had stayed and had more  people see her.

But we had airline tickets good for this Wednesday and we needed to honor them.  And we didn't want to have to go back just to show the boat some more.   So it worked out that Tom took me to the plane yesterday and he went back to the boat to finish packing our stuff into a rental car and to show the buyer some things on the boat again.  He received the remaining payment in mid afternoon and got in the car and is driving this way.  He had stopped at a motel this evening, and may need to again tomorrow, and should arrive here sometime Saturday.

In the meantime, I'm here at my brother John's and his wife Brenda and we're waiting for him.

Tom and I don't know what we'll do next but we certainly have a lot of options, one of which is not to go live in my house because it is rented out until the fall.  So we have a lot of brainstorming to do.  But almost all of the ideas we come up with, we like, so I think we'll be fine.   I think we both feel a sense of relief that we are free this way again.

As to boat life, it is very pleasant at slow speed.  One nice thing is that people are in close proximity to each other at marinas so you get to have almost immediate neighbors.   But we are realizing that we are not really seeing the places we visit, except the parts by the water.  We do not get to know any place very well in short visits (except those where we stayed when we were  having repairs done.)  Bottom line, we had a turn at it, had some very wonderful and unique experiences and also some disappointing ones.   We are glad we did this, but are looking forward to doing something else.

So . . . . .  this is the end of the Tumbleweed Too blog.
 
Some family and some friends may want to keep up with us after this so I will continue writing this blog, but will change the name a little.  Henceforth, it will be the Trips and Travails of the Tumbleweed Two (being Tom and me.)   Let's hope it is more trips than travails!