The Move North to Seattle

The first adventure to write about was Paul's retirement from Toyota at the end of June. He had worked for Toyota for just under 33 years and it was simply time to move on.

In advance of his last day at work, we had sold our home in Danville, CA and had made plans to move the household goods to Seattle. While we look for a new home to buy, the plan is to live on Talos IV. The hope is that the transition will be relatively smooth and we can be in a new home within 60 to 90 days.

There were concerns about the cats and whether they would adapt to ship board living. To our surprise, Tia, who is usually very timid and reserved adapted immediately. She initially checked out the cockpit, but within a few days was on the bow and even making a few forays onto the dock.

Louie, the fearless orange boy was not too sure about boat life. Observing that the brightwork was in need of about 9 coats of marine varnish, Louie took up hiding under the comforter for the next 6 weeks until all varnishing was complete.