We awoke to a gorgeous day. Dave says it will start raining tomorrow, so good day to go home. Melissa spent the morning doing 13 Trip Advisor reviews of all the restaurants we visited on this trip. Dave is still playing with his new drone toy. He made a couple of great videos - one of our favori…
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Day 10 – Whole lotta nothing
Breakfast at the condo. Then some video games and Dave flew his copter. Melissa went for a massage and pedicure. Then dinner at Tuna Blanca. Ok, we don’t know why, but every single night out the restaurant has put us at the best table on the beach with a view of the sunset. We speculated as to …
Day 9 – You can’t go back. Or maybe you can.
As we had been talking about trying to use our gift certificate for Los Arroyos Verdes, we decided to go back there and hang out at the pool. Years ago (2013) we were there twice – once on Christmas day for a lovely day by their fabulous pool. The second time was for a disastrous new years eve…
Day 8 – Labor of Love
Melissa awoke before Dave and caught up on email. She then started blogging. She hadn’t yet done any blogging – so she had 7 days to catch up on – along with all the associated picture and video processing. Which took about 5 hours. Meanwhile Dave played with the software for his drone. It does…
Day 7 - How Long Does a 1000 Piece Puzzle Take?
At 8am Melissa takes out the puzzle that Santa brought.
9 hours later she stood up from the table having barely moved meanwhile.
Meanwhile, Dave decided to try and fix his computer. Apparently the latest Windows update broke its ability to play sound. (Which explains why the other ni…
Day 6 - Trip Over the Mountains to Mascota
Brunch was leftovers. Melissa cooked up most of the remaining tuna and served it with a pineapple salsa. Then we headed out over the mountains. About a 2 hour drive over winding roads took us to Mascota. Bob and Joyce had chosen to stay up in this mountain village for a few days before they will…
Day 5 - Visiting Los Arroyos Verdes 6 Years Later To The Day
Melissa awoke to find Joyce had roped Bob and Dave into helping her shell and devein the 4 lbs of shrimp we bought. It took them an hour. Meanwhile, Melissa cooked up some frittata with ham and veggies for breakfast.
After breakfast we opened presents. Theme was “favorite useful tools”. So Bo…
Day 4 - How Much For a Burger?
Still on the hunt for a dress, Melissa and Joyce head back out to shop. Again they saw very little that fit Joyce and that wasn’t crazy expensive. Except for a little shop right underneath our condo. They had hand painted dresses that were gorgeous. Melissa bought a dress too. We should have ta…
Day 3 - How Much Fish Can We Eat?
As Uncle Bob wanted to have a big shrimp feed, we headed back to the fish market in La Cruz. When we got there, the tuna truck had just pulled up. Wow are they big!
So we decided in addition to the shrimp we needed Tuna for sushi. We bought 4 lbs of shrimp and 2 lbs of fresh tuna – for a…
Day 2 - MacGyver Plays with His New Toy
Dave got a new toy for Christmas. Apparently Santa let him open it early.
It’s a new-fangled copter that has features like a self-stabilizing camera, and it will fly home and hover till you land it if its battery gets low. So Dave spent a ton of time learning how to fly it. Here are some pict…
Day 1 - Must Remember Evergreens!
With Melissa’s allergies, flying is a pain. There’s nothing she can eat on board the plane and even in the airport it’s a challenge. A few days ago when she started thinking about what picnic to pack for us – and what she could and could not get through security with – a thought entered her head –…
Canada 2019 Trip Wrap Up
When all was said and done this trip, we did 289 miles up to the Canadian Gulf Islands and back.
Early on we encountered a number of “shake down” issues – typical for a boat that hasn’t been cruising in a few years. This is the longest trip Apsaras has made since we brought her down from Canada …
Day 15 - Crew Promotions
When we awoke we had all spent a less than ideal night due to the sloshing about from ferry wakes. So Dave decides to head out for the locks early. Underway, Dave pickled the water maker again so it can sit for another year or two without being used and not get damaged.
We make the roughly 1 ho…
Day 14 – Crew says “We Got This”
Last night discussion ensued about how we were going to make our way out of the slip this morning. Melissa told Dave that, “we got this” and “he shouldn’t say a word” while Melissa, Jim, and Margaret readied the boat for departure and Jim backed us out of the slip. Dave seemed dubious, but Melissa…
Day 13 - San Juan Warmer
Breakfast this morning was steak, scrambled eggs with green onions and fresh oregano, and leftover sweet potato hash. The kitchen might be small but its functional!
We headed into the spa at Poet’s Cove where for $25 each we can use the hot tub, steam cave, and dry infrared sauna, followed by l…
Day 12 - Almost
There are some days you get up and after a while wonder if it might have been better to stay in bed. Maybe it’s the nearly full moon. This might have been one of those days. We dropped the mooring buoy at Otter Bay and headed off to Bedwell Harbor again. We could all use a soak in the Poet’s Cov…
Day 11 – Quiet Day
By the time Dave and Melissa awoke, Jim had already prepped breakfast. He had diced up sweet potato and onions for hash. He cooked that up along side mushroom omelettes. After which we headed out of Clam Bay headed for Otter Bay. It’s a nice little marina where we picked up a mooring buoy.
Day 10 – Anchoring Lessons
We awoke to grey skies at the Silva Marina. Jim whipped us up steak and eggs using leftovers from last night, along with peach yogurt parfaits with with chopped pistachios on top.
We made the short walk to the bus stop to catch the bus into “town”. Very scenic island. It was pouring rain when…
Day 9 - Jim becomes the helmsman
Last night discussion ensued about Dave teaching Jim how to back the boat out of the slip. Tight quarter maneuvering is a challenge. Even Melissa has never been brave enough to try it. And frankly, why would she when she’s got Captain Dave? Melissa suggested that maybe a lesson out in the open w…
Day 8 – We eat better than Tom Douglas thinks
No new webs this morning! We must be winning against the spiders!
Our plan this morning was to head into the dock and fill the water tanks, then head for the farmers market at Telegraph Harbor. After which we would head for Ladysmith and get more groceries as our stores are running low. Melissa…
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