SeaZen

Well, where does one start? At the beginning, but some stories start in the middle. Why is that? Does anyone really know or does it just happen for suspense and drama? Ok… off topic once again. Well, I guess I will start in the beginning.

Travel is, by definition, moving from one place to another by walking, biking, driving, etc. We did just that. It took two days of “biting the bullet” to get all packed up and ready to go. We stayed longer than we thought we would because Mom (Beth Griffin) needed to finish some pottery for Purity Springs Resort down the street from us. Dad (Mark Griffin) was miserable to say the least. While we were in New Hampshire for this prolonged time it snowed a major storm. Twice. Dad got up one morning and I was awake and so was mom. I had not known it snowed, I was just minding my own business. Dad got up and saw the blanket of miserable white powder and said, “Forget it. I’m crawling back in bed.” And really, can you blame him? He loathes snow! Plus to his defense it was cold outside. I (Liam Griffin) was enjoying myself. A few pluses in my life at the time were: I got to go sledding which I haven’t done in many years; I frolicked in the snow with a very excited dog named Luna!; and I had the pleasure of being with my friends more before I left.

We packed very quickly. Dad had his things packed a week before me or Mom. (It is no lie; e-mail him if you don’t believe me.) I got my clothes packed but it took about two days to pack up everything we needed for six months on a boat. We packed all of our stuff into the trailer and the truck. We are taking Dad’s painting trailer and filled it with stuff: kayaks, bikes, and many boxes filled with food, books, clothes, and etc. We thought the truck would be nearly empty, but it wasn’t. It was almost as full as the trailer! We brought a lot of stuff! I still don’t know where to put it all yet. But we do have some friends that own a storage facility, so I think we are going to put the trailer there.

After Three days of driving and staying in hotel rooms, we finally arrived at the boat about December 3rd or 4^th, 2011. Now after being here a week, we strive to launch by next Sunday. The chore list is long and maybe half is done by now I’m not really sure. Dad has put the new coat of bottom paint on and all that that implies. I helped with the scraping off paint and buffing, scraping the propeller and prop shaft. We have gotten the dingy ready. (Ha-ha. It’s a small boat we use for getting ashore.) The list of project keeps on building.

Sea Zen Crew signing off till next time when I write about the amazing hospitality of Mamie and Tom.

Liam Griffin (Scribe, Lieutenant, Mast climber, Technology Guru, Insane-Master-of-Fun)

Mark Griffin (Captain, Head Engineer, Rigger, Wicked-Insane-Master-of-all-thing-Mechanical)

Beth Griffin (Admiral, Head Cook, and Spiritual Master, Wicked-Awesomeness-of-Mom)

Luna Griffin (Dog, Mascot, Makes-Person-Feel-Good-About-Themselves-Puppy, Official Barker, and Official Sniffer)