A few days to catch up!

First, sorry the videos have not worked. I am working on it. When we get to a port with free internet, I will post more videos that will hopefully work. They are a bit corny but we hope you like them.

After Fishermans Bay on Lopez Island, we spent a fabulous night anchored in Reid Harbor on Stuart Island. What a cool place. Beautiful with about 40 full time residents. There is school that only has 2 students this year. The students make and sell post cards and tee shirts, completely on the honor system. You take what you want and send them a check. We bought post cards and a tee shirt for Jeff. Here are some photos from this magical place.





- Tee shirts for sale!




Salpare showing her colors on July 4th!

From here we went to Friday Harbor to pick up a few things, including Tom. Friday Harbor is the hub of the San Juans and is a great harbor. We had an awesome view of Mt Baker and Odyssey, a 90' schooner who happens to dock next to us in Tacoma.




Tom was right on schedule and we started our journey north. We cleared customs at Bedwell Harbor and I broke out the ORCA hat I had secretly picked up at Friday Harbor. I'm quite sure it will attract orcas or something...




We spent the night in Clam Bay on Thetis Island and had a long day today in the Straits of Georgia. We are now in Tribune Bay on Hornsby Island. This is one of the Top 10 Places to cruise and it is spectacular. Even on this cloudy, cooler day. Its been perfect weather up to today and it should get nice again tomorrow.

Everyone is doing great although Jeff and Tom are a bit tipsy now on crab, shrimp and some of my special drinks! The Colonel continues to be a trooper although this is not his dream vacation....




We head to Campbell River to provision and wait for the Saturday timing of the infamous Seymour Narrows. The current can run up to 16kts there and we have to time it just right.

Tom's SPOT site is active so you can see where we are each day. The address was in the original email I sent.

A few notes to folks at home:
Mary- your strawberry jam is awesome! We are having it each morning.
Dave and Karen Boguki- thanks again for the charts!
Ron and Deb - Jeff is drinking plenty of Bridgmans.
Carolyn and Jerry - wish you were here too!

We miss all of you!

Fran, Jeff, Tom and The Colonel
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Location:Tribune Bay, BC