Days 14-17

July 28-30, Newport, Grays Harbor, Washington.
The sail up the coast was fantastic, we actually did sail until about 1:00am when the wind died, then it started up again about 0400 with us making pretty good progress to windward. Sailing at night, by the compass, the wind in the sails, and a bazillion stars is quite the experience. I've posted our track up the coast. We did end up motoring the last 4 hours in to Grays Harbor (that would be the straight line north). Spent the next several days provisioning, repairs (one of our drawer sets broke because of all the heavy stuff we had loaded in the space behind it), trying to get Doug healthy (still has that cough), and doing some work.
Westport is a fishing town. Several charter companies, many commercial boats. Lots of traffic going in and out. Amenities for cruisers are few. The grocery store is a couple of miles from the port, but there is bus service. A few places to eat, mostly fish and chips. Fishermen drink coffee, not mochas. The "showers" are in an RV park a couple blocks away, coin operated, but no hot water! There is a good marine parts store about a mile away.
On our way out of Astoria we heard several reports over the radio of boats going aground, and at Grays Harbor we met one of them. Check out this link: http://web.me.com/nancyayres/Geist_Blog/Blog/Blog.html (even honest enough to post pictures). Great group of guys, got some needed advice on sail trim. They're on their way to Alaska.