They have been up in Washington for about a week now. In that time they came to realize that their passports, boat customs docs, their satellite phone, etc were no where to be found. So to be legal on the water, and to be able to move across the border, they kind of need these things. When they packed up their house to be sold, their stuff went off to several storage units. And they thought these items were maybe put into a box taken off by the movers. So my Step-Brother was set to go to that storage facility today to have them get the crates down so he could go through them. Apparently he spent several hours there with no luck.
So the call I got, was to tell me this, and see if I could go to their other storage units and see what I could find. So my Aunt agreed to go with me and off we went. The unit probably has 100ish boxes all numbered, but not in numeric order. My Mom has a list of what each numbered box contains, but of course these items aren't supposed to be in one of these boxes. So a lot of good that does. An hour and a half after ripping tape off a ton of boxes, no luck. We moved on to the next storage unit, within 10-15 mins, guess what we found? Everything but the satellite phone which they'll have to live without. So we then sent the following picture to my Mom...
After which we received a very happy call from her. It's been a long day for all. But at least they know they can cross the border as they do every year. They were worried they would be stuck in WA for the whole summer and were bummed out. But since their house is on the market right now, they are stuck in the States until a sale closes. They already have an offer for the full asking price, so this may be a done deal soon. The listing site for anyone curious is HERE. So while they are this side of the border, I'm going to head up there for a week. I'm not sure when exactly, as they haven't figured out their plans yet. Within the next 2 weeks likely. But probably going RT to Seattle this time, spend a day or 2 in the city (I've actually never left the airport in WA before), then the rest of the time in the San Juan Islands. The last 5 years I have traveled up to the boat, 3 times were to Alaska and 2 times to Canada. So I have never done this trip in the States. Gotta change things up :-) Anyway, I'm exhausted and sore from all the heavy lifting today, Night!
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