August 8-9

August 8-9 Doug finished the client update and we moved the boat south of town to escape the boat traffic. We had a peaceful night. Next morning we decided to head across the Straight of Juan de Fuca to the San Juan Islands (about 25 miles). We had some wind so got to motor for a while. Visibility was not the best, we had to be very watchful for other traffic. The excitement but not necessarily fun time came when a very off course little brown bat started buzzing us off. It tried to hang on to the sail canvas but every time it fell off it buzzed us. Hard to focus on sail trim when its flying through. Finally we started the motor to out run it. Like a bad omen, that killed the wind, so we motored the rest of the way.

We made it to the San Juan Islands Sunday before the three days of rains were to come.  Aleck Bay on the South end of Lopez Island (48 25.61' N, 122 51.57' W) is a very quiet little anchorage.  Even Squishy felt comfortable and came to hang out in the cockpit with me, of course before the rains started.  Wow!  This is what I remember appreciating.  Peaceful, relaxing, and beautiful. Only known problem was cell coverage was questionable.  Doug went out rowing the bay looking for better signal to move to.  Didn't find any but we decided to stay for the night knowing Monday morning we would have to move for business. Phones appeared to roam all night and wore down one set of batteries. I think we got all three days worth of rain overnight. Washed all the salt water off the boat. Squishy is getting used to the rain on fiberglass just above her head.