THE JOURNEY CONTINUES

Monday, 4 April 16 (Day 6)

Brand new Westport yachts moored off our bow.

Tuesday, 5 April 16 (Day 7)

We are enjoying our moorage at Port Angeles Boat Haven Marina this morning. It rained last night. We both slept very well, even sleeping in until 7am. I worked on the blog a bit, downloading pictures and such. 

Made bacon and berry waffles for lunch with our Oregon Huckleberry Syrup I purchased at the Astoria Maritime Museum souvenir shop.  We spent the day relaxing on the boat and taking advantage of the 50 amp power and fresh water from the dock. Hollywood showers, laundry done, prepped the kitchen for dinner. John couldn’t help himself and washed the salt off the boat. I helped him with the windows. We enjoyed grilled steak, scalloped potatoes and salad for dinner, while planning on going into town tomorrow. 

Wednesday 6 April 16 (Day 8)

I slept in until 8! Got busy right away with getting some needs housekeeping out of the way. I was excited about seeing the history of Port Angeles and going out to lunch. I even curled my hair for a change. John got the wagon ready and off we went. 

 Heading out we found that 3 USCG vessels came in durning the night and moored on our “D” dock. No one was on board. They were pretty interesting to check out. We walked downtown, about a mile or two. We picked a trendy lunch spot near the pier called H2O Bistro. Our waitress was having a bad day so we helped lighten her funk.

It was a beautiful day, the sun was out , no wind. Across the way was the “Marine Life Center” where John was patient on a park bench while I admired the live sand dollars, sea stars, sea urchins and such. There were ponds where you could actually handle the creatures. 

The scallops we feeding.

There were many historic buildings and landmarks on the way up the hill to Safeway for fresh produce and other supplies. I took a bunch of pictures.

Mural of a ferry crossing, wouldn't this be a cool ship to nowadays? The people are part of the painting.

Can you see John pulling the wagon to the right? He had enough tourista stops for one day.

Back aboard the board, I stored the provisions and made Grumpy some brownies. We got out the maps and log book, deciding to leave for the San Juan Islands in the morning.

Thursday 7 April 16 (day 9)

The resident ducks stopped by for breakfast.  We got everything ship shape and headed over to the pump out station and check out. Our stay in Port Angeles had concluded.

The weather was great, the wind and seas were kind for our crossing over to Lopez Island. I kicked back on the fly bridge with John. He did most of the piloting today. I actually took a nap during the 5 hour trip. 

Mt Baker, WA

My selfie

San Juans in sight. Heading for Mud Bay, Lopez Island

Setting anchor 2nd time this year.

Spectacular view from our anchorage! And..... it's so quiet!

This is the same location we used when we did are 2011 cruise with Dad, Dave and Zane.

John wasted no time getting the kayak down. It was a wonderful afternoon. 

I hesitated giving him my camera, but did so anyway. 

We got our first pictures of Pairadice at anchor.

Swinging in the hook.

We concluded a most excellent day with enchiladas, mexican rice and salad feast.