We are out of here!

May 13th is a special day! My youngest daugher Nancy was born on that day way back in 1972. It is also the day that Ann and I got on our boat and headed north to Alaska. Of course, we only went about twelve miles on the first day. Had to take on fuel in Port Townsend before crossing the Straits of Juan De Fuca. While we were there, we had a number of well wishers stop by and bid us farewell. Thanks for all of your thougthfulness. Thanks to our freinds, we do have many angels watching over us as we travel north. Monday morning, we took off and went to Parks Bay which is near Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands. The crossing was a little bumpy, but we made it across in fine shape. One thing we learned was never have an open cup of coffee while underway. Murphys law will go to work and your coffee will go everywhere it can on a boat. From Parks Bay, we went on to Reid Harbor on Stuart Island (in honor of our good friends David and Jerri Reid) and spent the night at a state marine park. Wednesday morning, we entered Canada and spend the day at Sidney, BC. Not only is this a great town, our local yacht club was on a cruise and spending the same day here. We visited with many friends and caught up with Lois and Clark Ruggles who were going to Princess Louisa Inlet with us. That was the plan! On Thursday morning, we left Sidney and went across the Strait of Georgia winding up at a place called Secret Cove. Our plan was to then go on to Egmont which is the staging area for entering Jervis Inlet and Princess Louisa. Well, when we got to Secret Cove, we were told that this weekend is a big holiday weekend and that Princess Louisa would be very crowed. It was suggested that we not go into the area until Monday. Ann and I both are anxious to make our way further up north so we have decided to forego Princess Louisa for the time being. We were also told that there would be other beautiful things to see while enroute to Alaska. So here I am at 10:30 pm on Friday night bringing everyone up to date on where we've been and where we are going.

So, tommorow we head off and hope to make it to Powell River (weather permitting). It is about 30 miles north of here so it will be a 4 hour day on the water. That puts us in the range of Desolation Sound. We will probably stay somewhere around Cortez island the next day at the beginning of the Sound. We've seen plenty of Eagles, but no whales yet. So, thats the lodown on our wherabouts. Perhaps Ann will log in and tell you the "real story".