Transitioning to a Boat: House Rented, Sailboat Not Ready

We continue to pack up our things to move to our catamaran. I find that transitioning to a boat is as much a mental exercise as it is a physical activity.

Our tenants arrive in a week. We had planned to be camping at this point to allow painters to work unencumbered. Instead, the painters have arrived, and we continue to mill about in our kitchen and office.

Camping When You Choose To

We have pitched our tent in a campground in Ottawa. But, our tent has sat vacant for two nights.

Here is a picture of our tent that I took last summer. This picture of bliss is when we actually wanted to go camping.

Our tent at Mount Rushmore KOA, in Hill City, South Dakota
Our REI Kingdom 8 tent at Mount Rushmore KOA, in Hill City, South Dakota

On our North American road trip last year, we spent 60 nights in our tent. In a roundabout way, our tent was one of the catalysts behind our decision to downsize and move to a sailboat.

Camping While Transitioning to a Boat

But saying that we enjoy camping feels altogether different now that we are trying to make a tent our temporary home.

Transitioning to a boat: Our REI Kingdom 8 tent is bigger than our minivan.
Our REI Kingdom 8 tent is bigger than our minivan.

Eventually, sometime this week, we will take the leap and camp, but for now, I am enjoying sitting on a comfy bed, in a warm house, while listening to the sound of rain.

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Our tent was too small for our big feelings: moving from house to boat and camping was the plan for what happened in the middle

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