Over the past 10 months Eric has been ordering and collecting parts and tools, we’ve been digging out all our boating and diving gear, servicing and replacing parts, and cleaning out the house separating the items to be shipped from the items to be transported and stored in the van, items to be stored and left behind, and items to be trashed or passed on. Finally, we shipped all the gear, replacement parts, tools,  solar panels, dive gear, dog food, books, first aid supplies and other necessary items.  It weighed over 2000 lbs and fit into 4 crates.  Our pal Patrick was a key player in this operation.  He provided the pallets and boxes, the warehouse for staging and packing, and finally arranged for transportation to the shipping company in Los Angeles.

When Eric and Rodney arrived in Grenada in December, they arranged for Rodney’s stuff to be shipped back to Alameda with Tropical Shipping, so that’s the first and only place we looked at for our shipment.  They have boats that leave on a weekly schedule from Miami with stops at most of the Caribbean Islands.  Tropical also affiliates with trucking companies around the country to bring pallets from places like here in Los Angeles.  So, how much does a shipment like this cost?  I know everyone is wondering  Well, that’s were it gets complicated.  Olarte’s land rates are based on weight and Tropical’s rates are based on cubic feet. Mixing the apples and oranges into the optimum fruit salad meant that each box should be no more than 39 cubic feet ($195 flat rate) and at least 400 lbs (30 cents/lb).  Amazingly, we made it work.  I still don’t know the exact cost of the shipment, but our weights were 1. 400lbs, 2. 800lbs, 3. 550lbs, 4. 550lbs.  You can do the math, I don’t have my calculator out right now.

The first order of business was to rent a u-haul and take the stuff to Patrick’s warehouse, assemble and cut the boxes to 28 inches.  That was the height we determined would equal just less than 39 cubic feet, the volume of the pallet also has to be taken into consideration.

The solar panels were easy to pack, Eric sent them off to a crate guy and had a custom crate made for maximum protection for those fragile panels.  Next we started 39 cubic foot piles in the garage, before moving them to Patrick’s warehouse Eric took a picture.  Those piles were in the garage so long, it was mostly committed to memory, but the pictures helped when our memory failed.  Eric’s original plan was to bolt the compressors to the pallet, but those boxes were packed so tight it was obvious that nothing was going to shift.

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Eric brought labels and packing lists for the boxes, we taped and wrapped the cardboard, and that was the end of the packing.  Our great friends came to the rescue with child care.  The AAnonson’s took the kids to church, then just as we were ready pull out with the full u-haul, the kids came in the back door and went out the front with Julia and PJ, after packing I pulled up to their back door and whisked everyone off to the Sexton family for dinner.

Tuesday the packed boxes were moved to the shipping company and weighed.  Patrick arranged for the truck and had it loaded, then Eric met them in Los Angeles to have the boxes measured and weighed, logged in and sent off.  Thursday the truck was supposed to leave LA and arrive in Miami this coming Tuesday, loaded on the boat and sent to the island on Thursday arriving in Grenada on November 2nd the same day Eric arrives.  Whew, I hope it all works out. The shipyard is helping with clearing customs and I talked to a guy with a truck who said he can deliver the crates to the boat.  Stay tuned for posts from Eric around November 5th or so to see how that works out.