July 2, 2013
Nothing but blue skies…and green things bursting out of the
P-Patch. Oh no! Hard as it is to leave beautiful Seattle, now must be the time
for a summer cruise, our first long distance venture aboard Gratitude since
Mexico.
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Giant P-Patch broccoli, almost as big a 2-year old Ryan.
Colene, our future crew, is taking care of the garden while
we're away.
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Charlie's shiny gray anchor. Okay it looks
like a dolphin sculpture. Ignore the messy
greenhouse.
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Charlie made a few repairs to the boat, got the anchor sandblasted and
then painted it with some very special radar repelling acrylic paint. If it
weren’t for AIS we’d be undetected in stealth mode. Well, probably not, but it looks a lot better than the rusty
old beak.
We have set our sights on cruising the Broughton Island area
this trip, visiting friends and SYC outstations on the way up and taking our time once we get there. I kind of
forgot all the gear that was stored at home: outboard motor, kayak, solar
panels, jib and gennaker, folding bikes. Yikes! Even emptying the booze locker
(due to Canada’s strict limits), we still found our waterline several inches
lower.
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