Our stay on Synnova has been fine. It started out a little rough when we moved on in March (to keep the house show-ready). The weather was very cold, rainy and windy so we were very happy when we moved into spring and began to have some nice weather. We are using the guest stateroom as a walk-in closet and a lot of our office files, dog food and miscellaneous items are stored in the pilot house. The galley table has become my office but leaves just enough room for us to eat.
Barkley is loving being on the boat because he gets so many walks! I have started walking about 10,000 steps per day so that is giving Barkley lots of long walks. He has now decided that he needs another walk every hour or so but we usually drag it out to 2-3 hours if we can. He completely ignores the ducks and birds but when he sees a bunny rabbit - watch out! He takes off like a rocket and if the leash isn't held onto tightly, he would be gone. He loves to check everything out and often tries to visit with the people we pass. He especially enjoys it when he sees children at the park. This summer the foot ferry was running to Jetty Island and daycare groups were constantly going back and forth. He got a lot of attention from all those waiting for the ferry.
Our last night on the boat before moving to Idaho was September 3rd after returning from the Labor Day Cruise. The six months on the boat worked out really well and we enjoyed it during the summertime. I wouldn't want to do it year round because of the cold and rain getting from the boat to the car. The boat stayed nice and warm with the heaters but getting tot he boat was another story!
