WiFi at the marina is not only NOT free, but spotty at best, our post may be a bit more infrequent. We are at the local Safeway(about a mile away from the marina) right now typing out front. The nearest free WiFi is a few blocks away at the local ice cream store. Gee what a pitty that I may have to go there everyday. The sacrifices I do just to keep everyone updated as to our journey.
We expect to be here for at least the next three weeks. Our rigger is still in Hawaii and is expected back on August 1. By that time most of our electrical and the installation of the SSB should be done. Guess time will tell.
The trip up the Straits of Juan De Fuca was uneventful. The promised winds of 10-15 from the west never materialized. There was no wind at all. I have really gotten to enjoy the sounds of our engine. At least we know she is very dependable.
We got to Port Angeles on Thursday about 5:15. The office closed at 5 so no cards to get into the showers and no internet. They of course wanted the full price for the space we had. We had called in to make reservations--"sure, no problem, we have plenty of space". When we arrived, we got a 60 foot space to tie up to squeezed in between two other sailors. Made it in just fine. We are learning each time more and more on how to dock our boat.
We left for Port Townsend yesterday at 8:30 and got in about 2pm. We had to move Zephyr since the space we took was already reserved and the space Sea Marine had told us to take was already taken buy another boat. So we moved to a different slip and settled in for the night. We moved out this morning since there were no slips available at the marina and tied up at the Sea Marine docks.
The fun starts Monday. As of now, we are walking thru Port Townsend --plus the bus--and getting cleaned up. I finally shaved after a week of just not caring about it. Now I have a nice smooth face. Long over due.
Off to West Marine for some equipment.
2 comments:
Starting to look scruffy? Not caring about it?
I think Oregon is start to rub off on you.
Next thing we will hear is, you have started to smoke.
Dave
You might want to consider using a 3rd party program to manage your blog posts so that you can write your posts and upload them later whenever you have internet acces.
I've personally been using (and can recommend) MarsEdit for Mac. It's able to work with a variety of different blogging platforms, including blogger.
Basically with MarsEdit, you can create posts, write them up, attach pictures, preview how it's going to look, etc, all while not being connected to the internet. Then, whenever you do find internet, you can simply fire up MarsEdit, hit the 'post' button, and boom, all your saved postings get put online. You can also set the date on postings so it doesn't look like you just posted 10 entries in one day.
That way you can keep doing your journal while in the comfort of your boat and just periodically take the laptop into town to find a few minutes of internet access with which you can upload your unposted entries.
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