Wow, today on the water was weird! Cool, but also weird. Sam left Shallow Cove on Sucia Island about an hour before we did. As we were leaving, he texted us and said he'd been boarded by the San Juan Sheriff. They inspected all his safety gear and documentation and…
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Yesterday morning, Cypress Island: We spent Tuesday night at Cypress Head with Sam. Sam now has a drone too and got a nice shot of our two Nordic Tugs tucked away in the cove: Here's Sam on his bow, in his robe, bringing in the drone: We left Cypress and were…
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I forgot to post these photos from my Nikon the other day. Bald eagle on (and off) a buoy: And a nice view of Mt. Baker on the way over to Cypress Island:
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We spent a few days in Anacortes working on some projects, and then took Airship out for some island time. We spent Saturday night at Spencer Spit State Park on Lopez Island. We left Cap Sante late and arrived at Spencer Spit by about 6:30pm. Saturday all day it was…
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We had a beautiful calm, silvery cruise from Turn Island out around the bottom of Lopez Island and over to Watmough Bay. View from our new moorage: Once we were settled (takes about 2 minutes) Kevin decided to take the dinghy and the Torqeedo out for some exploring, while I…
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Yesterday we met up with Andy Cross and his two sons, Porter and Magus, aboard Yahtzee. You may know Andy from his Three Sheets NW website.) We've corresponded a bit via email and it was great to finally meet in person. We're moored just around the corner from here…you can just see…
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Yesterday we spent most of the day working and going through the cabinets and bins in the boat and getting rid of stuff we don't use or want on the boat (thinking about the additional stuff we'll be bringing for the next Alaska trip). Feels good to streamline things even…
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We cruised the short cruise from Patos Island to Fossil Bay on Sucia Island this morning. (We never saw those Carhartt guys again, by the way.) It's just us and two sailboats on the mooring balls, and one power boat over at the dock. I can't even imagine this place…
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Last night's cocktail was a Rosemary Maple Bourbon Sour: The recipe I followed (makes two cocktails) 3 shots bourbon 1 & 1/2 shots fresh lemon juice 3/4 shot dark amber maple syrup 1 large sprig of rosemary (plus 2 small sprigs for garnish) Crush the large sprig of rosemary in…
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It's pretty cool when you go back to a place you've been a whole bunch of times before and you learn new stuff about it! We left Blind Bay yesterday around noon and made a quick stop in Deer Harbor to grab some TP (we forgot to put it on…
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