Home Sweet Home

Seabird bow in fog - Baker Inlet, BC

LC checking stuff out - Baker Inlet, BC

Hey we were bored & LC just loves when we do this

Sunny morning - Baker Inlet, BC

Whale Tail near Grenville Channel, BC

Seabird anchored @ Fijordlands BC

Seabird at Fury Cove, BC

Seabird @ Namu, BC

LC & Sue in the captain's seat

Moon jellies @ Baker Inlet, BC

Seabird safely back at dock - Galilee Harbor, Sausalito, CA

Bark - Namu, BC

Eagle landing - Fijordlands, BC

LC @ the helm

Sam BBQ'ing dinner - Fury Cove, BC

Salmon being smoked - Neah Bay, WA

Richard enjoying the ocean sunset

Our last night on the ocean was calm

Going under the bridge

The Golden Gate welcomes us back

Greetings from Galillee Harbor! We arrived safe and sound at our dock around 7am on Friday morning. It’s going to take awhile to adjust to “civilization” but we are doing our best.

Our last stop was at Neah Bay, an Indian town. We spent two nights there as we waited for a good weather window to start the trip down. We walked around the town & had two delicious treats – home made Indian bread and smoked salmon. The salmon was smoked in a little shack next to a house. This particular establishment was written up in the NY times. Go figure. Boy, it sure tasted good & was quite affordable compared to bay area prices.

I’m pleased to say the trip down the coast was fairly easy. The first 36 hours was just Pete & myself but the weather was good, the moon was bright & the miles went quickly. We stopped in Newport Oregon to get fuel (good prices, no tax) & pick-up Richard who was able to meet us. Having a third person on board made everything much easier. You can have a four-hour watch & then eight hours off which gives you enough time to relax, eat & catch-up on your sleep. Overall the seas & weather were good. For me the highlight was on our last night. There was a beautiful sunset & the water was calm. We turned off the engine & enjoyed the last bit of sun on the top deck of the boat – very nice. A little bit of peace & quiet before we hit the big city.

We went under the Golden Gate Bridge around 6:30am as the dawn was just starting to glow. The lights of the city twinkled on the shore – holy cow, there are a lot of lights! Our lovely new outside slip was waiting for us at Galilee and we were able to slide right in. It all went down very smoothly.

LC was fine the whole way down - she didn’t get sick once. The odd thing is now that we’re home, she seems to be moping. The first couple of days she just didn’t seem her usual happy self. No rolling around on the floor in the sun, purring away, jumping on our laps etc. She just got kind of huddled up in a corner. Hmmm – perhaps she misses the cruising life too.

So this is our last blog entry. Pete & I definitely enjoyed the cruising lifestyle & hope/plan to do more of it in the future. Will certainly do another blog as the feedback from everyone has been quite positive. It was always great to read your comments & know you could follow along on our journey.

For our last photos I have included favorites from the trip that didn’t make it into the blog. It took a lot of time to download photos (sometimes over an hour to download them) so we didn’t always include all the ones we wanted. FYI - you can click on any photo & it should enlarge.

Enjoy & thanks to everyone who read this & followed along!