Sunday May 19, 2019 - Jones Island to Bellingham

Nice quiet night on the mooring ball, and woke to a bright sunny windless day. Couldn't ask for more. So we just got going in order to enjoy the trip home for a change. The prawning website for the 7 West area talked about "unusually strong tides" and boy were they right. We went 4 knots in some places and just enjoyed the ride in others.




And we won the Bellingham Bay lottery one more time - flat calm day. Maybe we'll do it again one day.

Saturday May 18, 2019 - Reid Harbor to Jones Island

EG headed out around 8:45 to get going. We left around 9:45 in order to time the 11:16 slack around Waldron for more prawning. The conditions were not quite as nice as Thursday, but still not too bad. There were *way* more boats out there though. Fortunately, our "hole" was still available.



The first set was not great but the second set was OK, so we netted about 61 total. Greg really had to work for them again as the new trap is really heavy and the hauler still requires some assistance to bring it up in any current.

We headed over to Jones and there was an open mooring ball so we took it. The sun came out and it was lovely and warm as we had a late lunch and then lounged in the warmth on the flybridge for a little while. A sailing sloop named Cutty Sark came into the cove while we were on the flybridge, saw that we were a Grand Banks, and said that he was hull#1 from American Marine. It was a beautiful sloop and we took some pictures. It apparently does educational cruises out of Coupeville.

Later on we went for a walk on the Island and as we arrived on the dock we saw another blond mini long-haired dachshund! Her name was Nicky, and she had a Shelty pal named Roxy. We talked for a bit and found out that Nicky is quite spoiled. (Really?). We did a nice long walk around the west side of the island. Got off the path at one point and had to back track to find it again. Ran into Nicky and Roxy again and had a really nice visit. Nicky reminded us so much of Bella when she was younger (and could see).

Someone had put the skull of a raccoon in a hole in a tree which was really creepy. So I thought I would share:






Back to the boat for some fresh prawns as an appetizer, and then some Tamales for dinner. Watched a movie.

Friday May 17, 2019 - Reid Harbor

The forecast for the wind today has been "bad" for awhile. We had a few gusts come through in the night and make some noise but not too bad. The morning wasn't terrible, but we're pretty sure it's not a day to be out in the dinghy prawning. Eagles Gig invited us over for fresh baked scones in the morning which were wonderful.

B&S headed off for a walk to the Lighthouse but we decided to stay on the boat and do some work. We had some lunch and continued fussing on the boat. About 3:00 we decided it was time for us to do a short walk so we dinghy'd to shore. Ended up talking to a couple from a sailboat who were new to the area about best places to go in the San Juan's and how far north to go in the summer.



Back to the boats for another BBQ dinner - hot dogs (sausages) and no dachshund's were harmed in the making of dinner!

Thursday May 16, 2019 - Deer Harbor to Reid Harbor

Prawning day! Left Deer Harbor to prawn need Waldron and to time the slack properly. Left the dock around 8:15 and pumped out along the way. Used the big boats to drop the traps and then launched the dinghy to pick them out. Was a nice calm day out there which made the experience better. We did 1 set of 2 traps and did well, so we "lent" one of them to Byron for his second set. We managed to get 1 less than our daily limit in the end.

Cruised into Reid and both boats grabbed one of the empty floating docks just for us. We went for a walk around and looked for birds. Then back to the dock and had a prawn feast dinner on the BBQ's with zucchini and asparagus.

Wednesday May 15, 2019 - Fossil Bay to Deer Harbor

Went to go to Jones but it was too busy and a little too windy. Called Deer Harbor instead and they had lot's of room. Got into Deer Harbor in good time. Summer rates started *today* so it was $2.00/foot. Timing is everything.

Lunch and then we dinghy'd over to Yellow Island which was something we have all wanted to do for quite a while. It is a preserve managed by the Nature Conservancy. It was pretty windy out which was another reason we went to Deer Harbor. Really beautiful wild flowers. Lot's of Bee's and quite a few birds. Windy on the north side beach, fine on the south side.







Pizza place not open until tomorrow. Dinner on the boats - Good to Go pies. Yummy.