Underway

Dear Family and Friends,

Yesterday was our first rainy day. That makes it rain on 50 % of our trip so far. But today has dawned with calm seas and an only partly cloudy sky, so things are looking up.

We left Friday Harbor as soon as it got light and the dog got walked and arrived at our next destination—West Sound on Orcas Island—45 minutes later. We wanted to miss an incoming frontal system (and we did!)

We had a great day on Orcas. John and Roxie arrived mid-morning and tied up right across the dock from us at the Orcas Island Yacht Club (free reciprocal moorage with the yacht clubs we both belong to). We hope to be doing more of the reciprocal moorage as we head north. Even Alaska has some.

A couple we both know—Rich and Alayne Goodhart—moved into a house on Orcas just three days ago! They picked us up in their roomy van and we did a driving tour of the island. It was our first time on Orcas in a car, so this was a real treat! We walked through the historic Rosario Resort Lodge which was set up like a museum. We had lunch in a pub in the darling town of Eastsound. Also, we drove through Moran State Park. We will save Mt. Constitution and its views for a sunny day. Then we gathered on Xanadu (the Caples boat) later for a shared potluck dinner. All in all, a great day!

We will be entering Canada today (May 3), so my posts will be less often as we will have more difficulty connecting to the Internet to send them.

Signing off,

Susan, Rod, and Katie