On the first day of any boat trip, at least once, the sun will hit the water just right, and the water turns to gold. At that moment I am reminded again how incredibly lucky we are to live in a paradise like the Pacific Northwest. This afternoon we got that feeling around 3:00pm....the sun glistened, the water was calm, it was warm, and no big Bayliners went by to rock our world.
We got to Deception Pass about 90 minutes early, so we had to idle for an hour before we could get through the pass. Finally, we decided to go through, about half an hour before slack water. It was running about 3 knots, which can make for an exciting journey....but the good news was that the tide was going with us, so we just pushed it up to 1800 rpm and went through. Yee haw! Hit 10 knots of speed, even though we were going 5knots through the water....speed over ground is what it's all about!
Crossing Rosario Straits, along with some very big boys on their way to Port of Bellingham.
...and our home for the night....lovely Hunter Bay, on the south end of Lopez Island.
Day 2
Deer Harbor Marina, on Orcas Island.
This will probably be our last stop in the US. Right now we have wine and 2 cans of beer aboard, so we may have to stay another night, since we can't take them into Canada, and I can't drink all that in one night... :) The good news is that we're with about 30 folks from our yacht club, and the food and conversation is terrific - a great way to spend our last day or 2 before the next 9 weeks of mostly solitude.
The wifi router here at the Marina doesn't seem to be working, so this may not get posted for a couple of days. Our next stop will be in Montegue Harbor, on Galliano Island...but we will be at anchor, so no wifi for us. After that the plan is to hop over to Ladysmith, on Vancouver Island, where I know there is wifi....and real stores. A bakery that is out of this world good! I will attempt to exercise self-control, but I make no promises.
I have pictures, but I will have to switch to the laptop to publish them.....I am having PC vs iPad wars....
Tomorrow we go through Dodd Narrows and into Nanaimo, where we should have wifi and I'll figure out a way to add pictures.
Oh yes, I did NOT buy (or eat) anything at the bakery
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