Day 393 Just stuff.

Today was a day of just doing stuff. Nothing really important , just stuff. I cleaned out the cockpit of stuff and then washed it down. All the nooks and crannies that were there all got emptied and scrubbed. I took out all the seat cushions and washed the seats and cleaned some mold off the teak. I even cleaned out the drains that are set up to take any water that might enter the cockpit out of it. Not only on the floor but at the back corners of the seating area. The cockpit had gotten really dirty since we left Port Townsend seven weeks ago.

It's 2230 and I can still look outside and see the water and the shoreline. It should be dark out there but we are getting far enough North that it stay light much later than I have ever experienced. Instead, it is more dusk than dark. It seems strange to go to bed with it still being light outside. As we get farther and farther North, Tracy assures me it will be lighter later and later.

One of the "kids" had an accident on one of the forward beds either yesterday or last night so Tracy stripped the bed and washed the linens. We knew that they didn't care for the trip around Cape Caution but really--they were right above their pan and could have just as easily used it. Revenge I guess. We had linen clipped all over the front life lines.

We were the only boat in Millbrook Cove when we got here and are still the only one. It's kept raining late into last night but started clearing up this morning and became a lovely day. The winds never stopped so our nice DuoGen has made lots of amps to keep the batteries happy and charged. It finally died down about two hours ago.

We'll be out of here tomorrow morning(Wednesday) for Pruth Bay about 25 miles up the Fitz Hugh Sound and West down the Kwakshua Channel. We've heard many great things abut this place and hope they are true. If so, we'll probably spend a few days there. There are supposed to have some lovely trails and beaches for walking. I expect to have internet there also as Tellis has a tower there so I'm told. You'll know if it's true if you're reading this post.

The tides tell us that it's best to leave about 1000 to catch the flooding tide as it enters Fitz Hugh to add some speed to our trip. If we're really lucky, the winds will be with us and we can sail. I'll let you know how that turns out.