Sunday, May 6, 2012

Wednesday, June 6 Anacortes to Deert Harbor 2 hours 20 miles


It is very rainy but the winds are less than 10 mph.  We went for our farewell breakfast at Calico Cupboard.  We really like it there.  The breakfasts are wonderful and we have become very fond of some of the staff.  After breakfast we took the car through a car wash then out to American Heritage Storage to put our car in a storage unit with a trickle charger running.  Fred had to open up the sun roof and stand on the seats to remove the light bulb and replace it with an outlet and extension cord.  When he was ready to close the door and lock the space he couldn’t find the lock we bought.  Bad words were said and the decision to ask the managers of the place for a suggestion.  Fred went in to the office and they handed him a new lock, still in the package and refused to charge us for it.  That is the sort of thing that will keep us coming back here each year. Fred just got back to the front of the building when good old Mert from Mert’s taxi drove up.   He just loved Merlin and even invited him to sit in the front with him.  However, my baby boy had no intentions of being so far from me.  We got back to the boat around noon and made preparations to leave dock.  The wind is mild and the rain is slacking off for awhile.  The only challenge was that we were leaving Cap Sante at low tide.  Fred saw as low as 4 ½ feet under the the keel.  He was sweating bullets.  However, he stayed mid-channel and we had no trouble getting into Guemes Channel.  We encountered about 1’ chop in Rosario Straight and had a very pleasant trip to Deer Harbor on the west side of Orcas Island.  We anchored in 35’ of water about 100 yards from the marina.  It is too wet and cold to put the dinghy in the water today. 

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