Sunday September 24, 2017

We still needed to decide where to go today. Spent some time looking at the boats and trying to decide where we wanted to go given the conditions *tomorrow*. After a lot of hemming and hawing, we decided to just cross over the border and go to Reid. We went by the grocery store first though to pick up a couple of things, including some more ice.

We left the dock and it turns out we left just before 11:00 and at the exact time that the "Work Boat Rendezvous" did their sail past. And so we sat idling at the end of our own dock for about 20 mins for all the boats to leave the public dock and head out. When we realized that most of them were turning around and coming back and doing the circle a 2nd time, we just nosed our way into the parade and left.

The forecast for today was Winds Light. Which would of course explain the 15kt winds and the heavy chop! All the way down Ganges Harbor and into Captains Passage. How weird! We checked the wind at Saturna, and it was blowing 2 kts. Was? But, by the time we got close to Boundary Pass, it was down to next to nothing wind wise and Boundary Pass was like glass. Easy crossing and no trouble with the Nexus call. Easy Peasy.

We had lunch along the way (pasta salad finally!) and pulled into Reid around 2:00. There was no one on the dock and so we took it. There was going to be a pretty low tide that night, but we still had a couple of feet underneath us. We went for a short walk to Prevost and up the path a short while, but then came back to enjoy a bit of sunshine. When we got back to the dock, we saw "Tom", a friend from Bellingham who used to work at NWE. He was there with friends on his sailboat. They were away for the weekend and needed to get back to Blaine tonight.

I had brought the supplies to make chili when we left Bellingham, but had still not made it. So today was the day. I made a large batch of chili to have for dinner and to freeze for later. We had chili dinner and fresh baked bread.