Days 18-19

July 31-August 1, Grays Harbor to Neah Bay via La Push.
Sorry posts might be out of order, this post is before the outoboard issue.

The weather report is really favorable, even advertising wind from the south. We finished getting the cabinet glued back together and installed, trucked the garbage out (why doesn't this place have recycling for anything other than cardboard?) And get under way. Uneventful crossing of the Grays harbor bar, we turn the corner and head north.
No wind. Nada. We motor. The ocean is calm with a gentle roll. There always seems to be a line of crab traps the direction we're going, we try to get outside of them so they don't get tangled in our propeller. Cloudy, so no stars. Drizzle. I was concerned about fuel, and had decided to go in to La Push for that. At full speed we would have been there well before fuel dock hours, so we slowed down and time our entrance after sunrise. We get in, but the only life in the marina is fishing boats going out for the weekend tuna fishing tournament. I find a phone number and get hold of the fuel dock guy, he'll be down in 5 minutes. An hour later we've got our fuel and we're out of there. A porpoise leads us out of the bay, and we continue on north. Again, the wind is not existent, so we motor all the way to Neah bay, arriving at 4:30pm. On arrival we discover that we had plenty of fuel for the trip, and had wasted 5 hours with the stop in La Push. Another lesson learned.