I sold my canoe today. It was an Old Town canoe I bought used quite a few years ago, from Craigslist I think. I remember driving to Crozet and meeting some guy in the parking lot of the grocery store there. It was a good deal then and I got a lot of use out of it over the years. I posted it on Facebook Marketplace today and had it sold within minutes, which probably means I under priced it, but I think it was what I had paid for it and it was now quite a few years older with more wear and tear. A very nice young man came by in the afternoon to pick it up, we chatted, I showed him a lot of other things and ended up selling him my cast iron dutch oven and an old adze as well.
I had hoped to get out for another float trip this spring, but I realized that with my shoulder being messed up there was no way I could paddle a canoe, even on the Rivanna. It might have been a sad moment, but the guy seemed as excited to have it as I did when I first bought it and that made it better. Also, I decided to concentrate on things I can do rather than things I can't.
We are very fortunate, privileged, to be in the position to make the move we are contemplating and I am truly more excited about it than anything else. This evening Clay made reservations for us for two events in Lille -- an English language night at a comedy club, and an Edith Pilaf impersonator at a local theater.
In the spirit of concentrating on things I can still do, this afternoon Bailey and I went out on another four mile hike, our fourth four miler in the last four days.
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