Roche Harbor, San Juan Island David received an e-mail from a friend in Canada saying his band would be performing Saturday at the Pender Harbour Blues Festival.   So, with decent weather and manageable currents on our side, we decided to get motivated and move north.  But not before taking a quick look at Roche Harbor. We left Garrison Bay at one o'clock and made the short trip...

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The formal gardens of English Camp at Garrison Bay, San Juan Island. We're anchored just off English Camp, a National Historical Park, where something extremely rare in history occurred – a war was averted through international negotiation, with no human casualties.  It started with a pig.... In 1846, the Oregon Treaty was signed which established the boundaries between the US and Canada along the 49th parallel, from the...

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Cambria going back in the water. We went back into the water on Monday morning and spent the better part of the week scratching our heads trying to decide what's next.  Of course we had a little help in the matter when we woke up Tuesday morning to find someone had hit our truck, moving it a couple of feet in the process - this would be the...

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The wind's gone, but so is the sunshine and we're left with a grey sky and scattered showers as the barometer, once again, rises.  Most of the work on Cambria is finished, either legitimately or because we can't find the parts we need in the local chandleries, so, between the two, it's the perfect time for a day off! Our friends, Jeff and Karry, drove up to join us in...

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David waxing Cambria's hull. The rest of the week was as productive as the first day with help from beautiful weather – literally one of the few times in the past eighteen months that we were able to wear shorts and tee-shirts instead of layers.  I was able to apply two coats of anti-foul paint on Wednesday and Thursday while David fixed a few dings in the rudder,...

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Dry-sanding the hull. Finally!  One week after our original date, Cambria came out of the water.  And, for the first time, I missed the whole thing! We were scheduled for 11 am, so we upped anchor and came into the marina around 9 or 9:30 to tie up and wait.  When I took Sally for a walk, Doug, the yard manager, came down to look at the boat.  A few...

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Cambria at anchor in Port Ludlow. We left Jeff and Karry's dock around 11 o'clock Friday morning for Port Townsend.  The weather had cleared and it was shaping up to be a nice day, so we were looking forward to the passage and finally starting the work which, for one reason after another over the past seven months, kept being pushed back.   But, once again, it wasn't...

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The first of May is moving day at the Port of Poulsbo and most boats in temporary moorage left leaving us behind to finish up a few projects.  Our first day at anchor didn't  turn out to the be until the fourth, and it was sunny with blue skies making the adjustment an easy one.  Mount Rainier was looming over the bay as were the Cascades and, of...

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