Russ,
Very nice blog; thank you. One thing that jumps off the page for me is how little you pay for slips with power in the PNW. Our Marinaut is 24 feet long, and we can pay $4.50 per foot and in addition, $10 to $15 per night for 30 amps. Some marinas have us pay a minimum 25' charge, and another has a 30' minimum. If we go out during the week, we can get slips for around $65 a night. Yeh -- we are whacked nearly everywhere. We live in Connecticut, and it is absolutely the worst place to live in retirement in the U.S. with respect to taxes.
Rich