Didn't wreck a thing. We're headed for Sucia Island in the morning. While Rae Ellen is selling the house and taking care of the loose ends of her life in Montana, Tom has moved to Bellingham and started life on the boat. With a marvelous sense of humor, she goes on to describe her life as a boatfrau, the ups and downs of her life aboard. The Shoe does a circumnavigation of the San Juan Islands.
Some voyages are better than others.
The couple averts a disastrous end to their relationship during a cold snap but stay together and continue to prepare for an eventual sail to the Caribbean. And I finally learned what when The Shoe tips, or heels, it will not go all the way over. In my 53 years, when I've begun to tip or fall I never once stopped in midair and recovered to an upright position. . If The Shoe Fits is about taking risks and making changes, told from the viewpoint of a reluctant first mate with a candid and humorous perspective. Rae Ellen Lee's If The Shoe Fits is pure delight.