i must leave in less than a week, and i am totally unprepared. because i procrastinate. hence, at nite i am in a panic, but days i am fine: i'll deal with it.

• apparently i can use 'visitor' tie-ups in various marinas in WA while i make final preps. They provide these cuz boaters are good for the local economy? So thats good news.
• checked into custom regs, US & Canada. I'll need to go thru customs *4* times: WA to Canada, Canada to AK, AK to Canada, Canada to WA. Ick. And the Canadian website maps wouldnt work, so so-far i dont know where to go to check-in.
• sent Cathy my "Float Plan", she'll watch over me while i'm out there. So then we tested my new "Gadget" Spot-X, frustrating, it's not like cell-fon text-messaging, it relies on satellites so e very msg takes a long time.
• thinking of this RAFT, something to get me from boat to shore when anchored or tied to a buoy mooring. I know it's not at all much, but it needs to be small. Cuz my main boat is: Small.
• good news: my credit cards work with no extra currency-exchange fee in canada.