Anacortes

We rocked and rolled pretty good last night, and the mooring buoy kept banging on the hull, so that was nice while trying to sleep. That and the sounds of jets kept going until pretty late. But we left Hope Island this morning to head back to Anacortes. We had to leave around 9am or so, due to the tides, to get back out under the bridge. But that got us to Anacortes too early to enter the marina, because the tide was too low. So we anchored out and just read for a couple of hours. Once we could get into the marina, we did, then got our stuff together to head into town. Now that my trip is coming to a close, and the sale of the Piedmont house is almost finalized, they can finally start their official trip and leave dodge. So this weekend is an errand weekend for them, so they can get out of town on Sunday. So we had to hit up a few boat stores, the grocery store, Radio Shack, Bunnies by the Bay (suggested to me by someone who used to buy their stuff for a large retailer), pet hospital (to get Merlin’s nails cut), etc. After unloading stuff on the boat, we headed back into town to have dinner at Rockfish Grill. I had the San Juan salad, mixed greens with red onion, cranberries, gorgonzola and candied pecans. Then I had the fresh crab mac and cheese. Wow, it was good, and had a lot of crab in it. We wandered the street a little after dinner checking out the old murals on the building walls in town. And checked out this ship being built in their boat yard. It has a heliport on top… interesting. Then we just headed back to the boat so I could pack. And I thought my suitcase was full on my way up, it’s crazy full now. And I bought a small World Cup USA soccer ball which is going to have to go in my carry on, on the way home. Kind of a dumb purchase before having to fly home. Oh well. So bags are packed, snacks are made for the 3 hours shuttle bus then 2 hour plane ride tomorrow. At least the shuttle doesn’t leave here until 12:45pm, so I don’t have to get up crazy early.