Anacortes to Blind Bay

I woke up around 8:15am when I heard my Mom and Fred up and about. Laid there for a few, but just got up. We wanted to get on the fuel dock before 9am so we could fill up and get on our way. So we did and waited for the guy to come down and fill us up. Between the 4 gas tanks we topped them off with 155 gallons. Is that all? Not 15 mins outside the marina did I spot a couple of dall porpoises playing in the water. That was a cool way to start the day. We’re on a few hour cruise today headed to Sucia Island. They have never been and it’s supposed to be nice, and also pretty popular, so we’ll see if we can get on a buoy or anchor. Well after a little time of going against the tide and only going 1.5 knots, it was going to take several hours to get there. So change of plans. We hung a left and cruised another 90 mins to Blind Bay on Shaw Island. We anchored with no problem, then made sandwiches for lunch. After getting the dinghy down from topside, we took a short trip over to Orcas Landing on Orcas Island. They have a cute hotel, several gift shops, and espresso place and a great grocery. I needed to run into the grocery to buy some stuff for a frittata I’m going to make one of these nights. They had a great deli with awesome cheeses, specialty candy, and specialty food like herring, greek feta, blue cheese in olive oil, crème fraiche , etc. Pretty great little place. We hopped in the dinghy and headed back to the boat. On the way back there was a small island we passed with about 10 seals sunbathing on it and one swimming around. We slowed down from a distance to take some pictures. Once we got back to the boat and unloaded everything, I asked my Mom for her purse so I could get my glasses out. Well what do you know, the purse is no where to be found. So I stay on the boat with Merlin while and my Mom and Fred head back over top Orcas Island in search oh her purse. They hit the gift shop, hotel, grocery, etc with no luck. They were about to give up and get back in the dinghy when they spotted her purse at the far end of the dock, which is where we got back into the dinghy last time. Boy did she luck out. And I was thankful because I would have had to go home and order another $400 pair of glasses and go without any for the next several weeks. Phew!! So once they returned we started planning our next 4 nights out, as my final night (Monday) will be back in Anacortes in the marina. As of now, we are looking at Rosario on Orcas Island, Reed Harbor on Stuart Island, Roche Harbor then Friday Harbor on San Juan Island. After dinner we decided to watch a movie they borrow from me, Laagan. It’s a Bollywood movie and wasn’t sure how they’d like it. First of all, it was subtitled, which didn’t bother them. And it was also 3 ½ hours long, which I had forgotten. And besides fast forwarding through a few song and dance scenes, they both got sucked in and watched until the end. I was very surprised.