Tide the Knott Master Suite and a Rough Draft of Our Future Itinerary

It is slowly a becoming a dream realized.  After spending several months working on the bow of the boat, Lance directed his next attention to the boat's interior, specifically our master suite. 

His reasoning was that he wanted to have it ready soon so that the dogs and I could come to San Diego more often and be more comfortable.  His first step in renovating the master suite was to install two giant windows and four porthole windows.  Having the windows opened up the room with more light and air, and it gives us the most amazing, romantic view of the ocean.  He is building a mahogany wall around the windows.  We ordered grey blinds that we can use to cover the sunlight on days we want to sleep in, and we even got our bedroom TV.

 

Tide the Knott in its original form without any windows

Lance installed windows

 

He is custom building/designing our bed and  he is building me my very own entertainment docking station so that I can charge all my gadgets.  We have been picking out fans and browsing through light fixtures.  It is A LOT of work for one man, but he is an extraordinarily talented man. 

 

 

Every weekend, he comes home and shows me photos of the improvements, and as it progresses to its finished state, I become increasingly excited.  I cannot wait to begin decorating MY bedroom.  Fortunately, Lance and I have very similar taste in décor.  Our bedroom is going to be navy and grey colored.

 

the interior of the master suite before Lance began to work

 

wooden walls

framing the windows

 

We have decided to stop our pursuit of Tide the Knott business venture.  We are focusing on finishing the boat so that in nine years, we can depart for our world cruise around the world.  Seriously.  I printed a map of the world, and we began fantasizing about the route we will travel, but the only difference is that this fantasy will become a reality…..Perhaps there will be  some slight modifications in the itinerary, but it will happen. 

 

I have changed.  A year ago, I was all about Europe, and though there are many places I want to see in Europe, I am now more interested in seeing the Southern Hemisphere.  It will take us several years, but we are just going to do it immediately upon retirement before we get too old to wipe our own ass.

 

a very rough draft itinerary with our route and our destination stops

 

San Diego                      to           Hawaii

Hawaii                            to           Fiji Island
Fiji Island                        to           New Zealand
New Zealand                  to           Sydney, Australia
Sydney, Australia           to            Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne, Austrailia     to            Perth, Australia
Perth, Australia               to           Singapore
Singapore                       to           Thailand (see our elephants)
Thailand                          to           Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka                         to           Maldives
Maldives                          to           Madagascar
Madagascar                   to           Cape Town(long time here while we explore Africa/Kenya)
Cape Town, Africa         to           Cape Coast, Ghana
Cape Coast, Ghana       to           Brazil
Brazil                              to            Venezuela
Venezuela                      to            Caribbean Islands (Trinidad, Barbados, Dominican     Republic, Jamaica, Cayman Islands)
Caribbean Island              to            Belize
Belize                               to            Costa Rica, Panama
Costa Rica/Panama         to            Acapulco, Mexico
Acalpulco, Mexico           to            Mazatlan, Mexico
Mazatlan, Mexico            to            Cabo San Lucas
Cabo San Lucas             to            San Diego
 
Summer of 2025!!!!

Family and Friends---We will be gone for a minimum of three - four years so if you want to see us, fly out to one of our destination stops!!  We have room!!