November 14, 2012
Can I handle this?
I have been planning for this trip for well over a year and working hard to get ready. I am excited about the journey, but also a little worried about whether I can handle the burden of command. This is not our first trip down the ICW, so I have experience from 2006 to call on which is a great comfort. I also have my faith in the good Lord to bless the journey ahead.
However, I am not as spry as I once was (<---that's being kind) and it can be draining and stressful having to worry about boat systems and weather and navigating and keeping my family safe. And so I worry about the stress of command wearing me down. The alternative of course is sitting home by the fire, but that doesn't contribute much to a life well-lived, and hopefully I will have plenty of time to hang out by the wood stove down the road.
So I gotta overcome inertia and do this now while I still can. The good news is that we won't have a "schedule" and so can travel at our leisure. I hope that this will allow us to soak up the ICW along the way, as for us the journey really is the destination.
In 2 weeks I head to North Carolina to take the boat out of hurricane storage mode and set up to go. Time marches on!
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