When last I reported our location, we were leaving Santa Barbara, prepping to explore the Channel Islands again. It seems eons since that time! Whenever I sit down to plunk out a post it always seems like I have absolutely nothing to say… then, three pages later I’m cutting and slashing to keep it manageable. …
As our water tanks are being refilled in the Santa Barbara Harbor, here is a quick update! We are leaving Santa Barbara and heading back to the Channel Islands (Santa Cruz). We’ve had a great time in Santa Barbara, enjoying Fiesta Week, seeing my cousin Anna and my Aunt Helen, and meeting up with friends …
Well, the anchorage antics never cease. In fact, I think this may be our main source of entertainment and occupation for the next several years. Cameron has so far earned two cans of beer, a can of chicken chili and a can of corned beef hash for his help in setting anchors, pulling anchors, detangling …
Before we headed out to the Island of Santa Catalina from Long Beach we imagined ourselves harbor hopping, seeing it all in a slow circumnavigation of the island perhaps. But as Auntie Kim, Cameron’s sister, recently pointed out to us, our trip to Catalina is mirroring our “trip around the world”… we are slowpokes! We …
There is probably a lot of advice out there written to help people learn how to get safely ashore in a dinghy. Particularly on a beach with breaking waves… but neither of us had read any of it, to our detriment. Thankfully, we are all still intact physically if not quite mentally. After being happily …