end of an era

[ilanarama]

We appear to have sold our boat.

Comments

[melusina]

Wow - I can only imagine how divided you must feel. . .

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm looking forward to the new things we can do with the money, but still...boatie-boat! Waah!

[saramwrap.livejournal.com]

*gasp*

Now you're going to buy a plane... right? Or motorcycles?

[lolcat] Adventurecat needs adventure! [/lolcat]

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Hee, the motorcycles were back in '89-93 or so. (Look in the photos section of the scrapbook of my other lj, and you'll see a photo!)

Actually, Britt wants to buy a Sportsmobile (http://www.sportsmobile.com).

[saramwrap.livejournal.com]

Just buy an old VW camper! :D

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Haha, we used to have one!



We want something more mechanically sound. And the new Eurovans don't come 4WD, which we also want.

[saramwrap.livejournal.com]

I give up. You've got/had everything!

[libitina]

Seems like there should be a memorial passing-the-torch service

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

There might be!

[kaiz.livejournal.com]

Eep! Mixed emotions, indeed.

I take it that you've put a down payment on a Stargate now instead? ;-)

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Hee. My husband's after a very expensive sort of 4WD RV.

[r-becca.livejournal.com]

wow. um, congratulations?

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Waaah! I don't know!!!

[boutell.livejournal.com]

I can hardly imagine you boatless... unless of course you're on a bicycle. Yes. Ilana on a bicycle, being awesome; the rest of us, being the tiniest tree frogs. Now the universe makes sense again.

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Hee. I told Britt I was thinking of buying a bike, and he reminded me that I already have two of them. Um, but I need another one! And maybe a fourth.

[caitlinburke.livejournal.com]

Where bikes are concerned, the more the merrier! And, as Z says below, congratudolences!

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Thank you kindly! And yay more bikes!

[alembicresearch.livejournal.com]

You can always still pretend you own a boat that is somewhere in
Florida ... I'll never tell no one ...

It can sit next to my yellow submarine yacht .

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Haha, you of course are one of the few who can attest to my having owned a boat.

[alembicresearch.livejournal.com]

Yep, one of the best night's sleep I've ever had ...
I love that slow rocking motion.

[eejitalmuppet.livejournal.com]

Wow. Do you have exciting new plans?

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Sort of. We want to do more international traveling; we have friends in New Zealand (actually, they were here and housesitting while we were on this last trip) and for our first excursion we are planning to visit them. Not coincidentally, they have a boat that they have offered to us for our use!

[eejitalmuppet.livejournal.com]

Heh, I can probably guess which New Zealanders, although I'm not going to name names in a public post. I hope you enjoy the new phase, and the Antipodean sailing.

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Hee, not them, although we hope to visit them as well. And maybe we'll come over and visit YOU!

[eejitalmuppet.livejournal.com]

Ooh! Not sure exactly where I'll be, but you'll be more than welcome...

[fredfred.livejournal.com]

Congratuladolences. :) :(

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

That is the perfect word for it!

[de-wynken.livejournal.com]

:(

sad, but if that's what y'all had too do...

so what outdoor hobby will replace it?

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

More traveling, probably. And more rock climbing and backpacking, yay!

[de-wynken.livejournal.com]

well see that's not so bad :)


maybe you can get a wee boat for the local puddles :)

[littleamerica.livejournal.com]

You made this decision without even an online poll?

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Well, at the time we put it on the market, I didn't have a paid account!

[malnpudl.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's... huge. Wow.

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Yes! I wibble!

[nothings.livejournal.com]

Whoa. The changing of the guard. The passing of the... uh... the something.

Holy Moley.

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

I am sure we shall find something new and exciting and expensive to do.

[frosch.livejournal.com]

sportsmobile conversions are done in my hometown in Indiana. I don't know the people personally, but I think I went to high school with their daughter.

of course, that was 30 years ago...

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Hee, cool!

[delurker.livejournal.com]

Wow. I'm not quite sure what to say!
I can however definitely say that New Zealand is a totally awesome place to visit. :)

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Hee, I am looking forward to it! (I have been in the NZ airport, on my way to Australia once. That's it.)

[madbodger.livejournal.com]

I assume this is in service of other future adventures?

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

You bet! Next up will probably be New Zealand, and we are hoping to buy a Sportsmobile or other 4x4 camper van and do a big trip across the Canadian Rockies.

[jeddy83.livejournal.com]

Wow, end of an era indeed!

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Maybe! We haven't heard from the broker since I posted this...

[(Anonymous)]

Wow, Ilana. I'm happy for you, but I will certainly miss the vicarious thrills of your cruise reports!

Regarding Sportsmobiles, I have one :-), although not one of the mega-$$$ 4x4 ones. We've got one built on a '95 Dodge van platform that we acquired from my parents, with very low miles. You're probably already familiar with badgertrek.com, but if not you should point Britt at it; I'm sure he would find the "what we had to fix" entries enlightening.

For the record, I've been very happy so far with our Sportsmobile, and if there's any non-4x4-specific questions I can answer, let me know.

My 4x4 is an ancient '89 Dodge Raider (rebadged Mitsu. Montero) with 200k+ miles on it.

Eric W.

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Wow, thanks for the badgertrek site - we hadn't seen it before. And haha, I didn't know you had one!

Yeah, we really need 4x4 for the kind of trips we do. We used to have a VW Westfalia Synchro (4x4), which was great, although we had a lot of mechanical problems and the engine was so small that going over passes was...well, we could walk faster.

[(Anonymous)]

You're welcome for the link! I think you guys will find it very informative and useful. Certainly the power-plants they offer for the 4x4 Sportsmobiles will take you wherever you want to go. Just be prepared for the gasoline bill :-) Our Sportsmobile has a 5.2L V-8 which does just fine on the open road with the van fully loaded with 5 passengers and the 20 gallon water tank filled. We get 14-15 mpg. Doing 4x4 though, I would probably want the V-10 or the diesel options they offer. I'll look forward to seeing how this progresses. Please keep me regularly updated!

Eric W.

And the beginning of the next...

[traveller42.livejournal.com]

I know this is part of preparing for the new adventure. You at least made it "out there" for awhile. I'm still dreaming.

Enjoy New Zealand. My wife and I had a great time when we were down there in 1999. Knowing my luck, you will be there the next time I'm passing through Colorado.

BTW, I'm done with AF trips this year. Next is a fun trip to Japan at the end of the month.

Re: And the beginning of the next...

[ilanarama.livejournal.com]

Well, dreams have a way of turning into reality - if you work REAL HARD at them.

And let us know when you come through Colorado! It would be lovely to meet you in person.